Jude / Kate Morgenroth.
Record details
- ISBN: 0689864795
- Physical Description: 277 p. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2004.
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | Still reeling from his drug-dealing father's murder, moving in with the wealthy mother he never knew, and transferring to a private school, fifteen-year-old Jude is tricked into pleading guilty to a crime he did not commit. Still reeling from his drug-dealing father's murder, moving in with the wealthy mother he never knew, and transferring to a private school, fifteen-year-old Jude is tricked into pleading guilty to a crime he did not commit. "Listen, you're young. We don't send kids to jail. If you had something to do with this, it's better to tell us. Then we can help you. Maybe it was a friend of yours come to take care of things for you. You've got a nasty bruise there, and your neighbors told us that you tend to get a lot of bruises. We take those things into account, you know. We understand about things like that." "You don't understand anything," Jude said. After Jude watches his drug-dealer father get gunned down at the kitchen table, he's taken from their dangerous neighborhood to a comfortable home, an elite private school, and a mother he doesn't remember. Only fifteen, Jude is under suspicion for his father's murder, but to save his own life, he can't tell the police what he knows. To make things worse, Jude's mother is the district attorney. She can protect him from the police -- but when Jude's classmate overdoses on heroin, Jude is implicated, and his mother decides to prosecute. Jude is determined to clear his nam |
Target Audience Note: | 12 and up. Young Adult Follett Library Resources |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR 5.2 13.0 |
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Subject: | Crime > Fiction. Mothers and sons > Fiction. Prisons > Fiction. Politics, Practical > Fiction. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Killingly Library | YA/F Mor (Text) | 34040098420363 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Lebanon Middle School | FIC MORGENROTH (Text) | 33431126444460 | Fiction | Available | - |
Lyman Memorial High School | FIC MOR (Text) | 33431000235203 | Fiction | Available | - |
Silas Bronson Library - Waterbury | YA FIC MORGENROTH, K (Text) | 34005113483019 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |