In an environment where kindness equals weakness, how do those who care survive?
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An ALA-YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Book
"Shawn Goodman takes us inside the gritty world of our juvenile justice system with the verve of a master storyteller." - Jordan Sonnenblick, author of Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie
"A gripping story of a boy's climb to manhood on his own terms." - Paul Volponi, author of The Final Four
"The reader will be seized by [the boy's] plight and his determination not only to survive, but to better himself." - Todd Strasser, author of Give a Boy a Gun
"Kindness for Weakness is a daring, dazzling leap into the dark passage that is the journey to manhood." - Paul Griffin, author of The Orange Houses
"Gripping action, gritty dialogue, vivid characters, and palpable tension permeate the brief chapters of James's powerful, honest, compelling narrative." - School Library Journal
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
A Tayshas Reading List Pick
An ALA-YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Book
"Shawn Goodman takes us inside the gritty world of our juvenile justice system with the verve of a master storyteller." - Jordan Sonnenblick, author of Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie
"A gripping story of a boy's climb to manhood on his own terms." - Paul Volponi, author of The Final Four
"The reader will be seized by [the boy's] plight and his determination not only to survive, but to better himself." - Todd Strasser, author of Give a Boy a Gun
"Kindness for Weakness is a daring, dazzling leap into the dark passage that is the journey to manhood." - Paul Griffin, author of The Orange Houses
"Gripping action, gritty dialogue, vivid characters, and palpable tension permeate the brief chapters of James's powerful, honest, compelling narrative." - School Library Journal
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
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