A powerful, gripping, and compellingly readable story that reveals the history and present of racism in America. Raw, captivating, and undeniably real, Nic Stone boldly addresses American racial dynamics in this impressive debut. Justyce McAllister is at the top of his class and on his way to the Ivy League, but that doesn't matter to the police officer who has just put him in handcuffs. And even though he has left his rough neighborhood behind, he cannot escape the mockery of his former friends or the scorn of his new classmates. Justyce seeks answers in the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. But are they still valid? He begins a journal to explore these questions.