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Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults)
- A True Story of the Fight for Justice
- Narrated by: Bryan Stevenson
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
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Summary
The young adult adaptation of the acclaimed, number one New York Times best seller Just Mercy - now a major motion picture starring Michael B. Jordan, Jaime Foxx, and Brie Larson and now the subject of an upcoming HBO documentary feature!
In this very personal work - adapted from the original number one best seller, which the New York Times calls "as compelling as To Kill a Mockingbird, and in some ways more so" - acclaimed lawyer and social justice advocate Bryan Stevenson offers a glimpse into the lives of the wrongfully imprisoned and his efforts to fight for their freedom.
Stevenson's story is one of working to protect basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society - the poor, the wrongly convicted, and those whose lives have been marked by discrimination and marginalization. Through this adaptation, young people of today will find themselves called to action and compassion in the pursuit of justice.
Proceeds of this book will go to charity to help in Stevenson's important work to benefit the voiceless and the vulnerable as they attempt to navigate the broken US justice system.
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
A Booklist Editors' Choice
Featured on CBS This Morning
A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year
Praise for Just Mercy: A True Story of the Fight for Justice:
"It's really exciting that young people are getting a version tailored for them." (Salon)
"A deeply moving collage of true stories....This is required reading." (Kirkus Reviews, starred review)
"Compassionate and compelling, Stevenson's narrative is also unforgettable." (Booklist, starred review)
"Gripping.... What hangs in the balance is nothing less than the soul of a great nation." (Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate)
"Important and compelling." (Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder)
"Inspiring and powerful." (Number one New York Times best-selling author John Grisham)
Critic reviews
“Just Mercy is every bit as moving as To Kill a Mockingbird, and in some ways more so.... [It] demonstrates, as powerfully as any book on criminal justice that I’ve ever read, the extent to which brutality, unfairness, and racial bias continue to infect criminal law in the United States. But at the same time that [Bryan] Stevenson tells an utterly damning story of deep-seated and widespread injustice, he also recounts instances of human compassion, understanding, mercy, and justice that offer hope.... Just Mercy is a remarkable amalgam, at once a searing indictment of American criminal justice and a stirring testament to the salvation that fighting for the vulnerable sometimes yields.” (David Cole, The New York Review of Books)
“Inspiring...a work of style, substance and clarity...Stevenson is not only a great lawyer, he’s also a gifted writer and storyteller.” (The Washington Post)
“A searing, moving and infuriating memoir...Bryan Stevenson may, indeed, be America’s Mandela. For decades he has fought judges, prosecutors and police on behalf of those who are impoverished, black or both.... Injustice is easy not to notice when it affects people different from ourselves; that helps explain the obliviousness of our own generation to inequity today. We need to wake up. And that is why we need a Mandela in this country.” (Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times)
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- JenHarriet
- 03-11-21
Very insightful but sad
A very insightful audiobook and well narrated. It is definitely worth a listen! Quite sad as well but it is an eye opener.
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- Gerbo D
- 26-04-21
Incredible
This book was eye-opening, insightful and sad. It's really inspiring and taught me so much.
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- Mailey
- 09-01-20
Excellent
'The opposite of poverty is justice' - Bryan S
This book should be taught in schools. It is a rich lesson in compassion and understanding.
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- Chloe
- 15-05-20
An eye opener
Loved every word. This was such an eye opener for me. Feel inspired to be a better person after listening to this book. Also, the author has a beautiful tone to his voice.
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- BadBoy
- 18-02-20
Thabk you for the wonderful inspiration
Speechless and sad. But also hopeful. I hope we all get a chance to heal our broken selves. Thank you
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- Mrs
- 05-12-20
Listen to the book
I heard about this book from Glennon Doyle and was excited to find it had been made in to a film. The book is so much better and worth reading or listening to. There is much more to it than the one story told in the film. Enjoy.
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- SAMAEDRM
- 20-07-21
GREAT BOOK ABOUT FIGHT FOR JUSTICE
Great writer. Should be read by all race. Wickedness that still continue. May all perpetrators of wickedness and injustice be dummed.
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- Joy Fowler
- 10-07-20
Amazing but awful
A really hard listen. I don't know what to do with the anger I feel about the injustices. It's flabbergasting but all too sadly believable. The kind of book I can't stop talking about and recommending. Bryan Stevenson is a true hero
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- Kay Grieves
- 22-01-21
This is the most important book I have ever read.
Beautifully written and narrated by the author, this book has to be read by everyone.
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- vyk
- 16-07-20
Harrowing yet hopefully
Through Brian's just and merciful eyes, we get a glimpse into the horrors of the criminal justice system, alongside the victories and hope for reform. Amazing and inspirational.
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