![]() ![]() It’s from these letters that the novel derives its title. Martin Luther King Jr., hoping that emulating the civil-rights leader will help him navigate the problems he sees around him. Instead, he begins a series of letters to Dr. Justyce-a star scholarship student at the mostly white Braselton Preparatory Academy in Atlanta, who dreams of attending Yale the following year-doesn’t say much after the incident. He is trying to help his drunk ex-girlfriend home from a party the summer before his senior year. Doing all his mother told him doesn’t keep 17-year-old Justyce McAllister from being thrown to the ground and restrained in too-tight handcuffs by an overly aggressive white police officer. The limitations of this counsel become painfully apparent early in Nic Stone’s timely debut novel, Dear Martin. ![]() ![]() It’s a checklist that many black parents impart to their sons long before these teenagers know they’ll need the advice. “Be respectful keep the anger in check make sure the police can see your hands.” ![]()
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