No Choirboy, Susan Kuklin
No Choirboy, Susan Kuklin
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No Choirboy
Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row

Author: Susan Kuklin

Narrator: Suzanne Toren, Nyambi Nyambi, Steven Boyer, Ty Jones, Ezra Knight, Lizan Mitchell, Ali Ahn, Chris Sorensen, Peter Jay Fernandez

Unabridged: 5 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/24/2013


Synopsis

Imagine having everything taken away from you-permanently-with no hope of resuming a normal life. This is the case for many teenagers in America who are tried and convicted as adults for the crime of murder. Here Susan Kuklin takes you behind bars for frank interviews with a collection of young men who will spend the better part of their lives in jail. She lets them speak for themselves, providing the raw details of their incarceration and the anger, despair, and surprising hope they experience every day. Kuklin also provides an in-depth look at the American penal system, highlighting its many intricacies and inequities while focusing on capital cases involving juveniles. Chosen by School Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews as a Best Book, No Choirboy is an honest examination of a pervasive problem in America. A full cast of Recorded Books narrators captures each of these unique voices for a powerful audio experience. "Searing and provocative."-Booklist "An eye-opening account."-Horn Book Magazine, starred review

About Susan Kuklin

Susan Kuklin is the award-winning author and photographer of more than thirty books for children and young adults that address social issues and culture, including No Choirboy: Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row and Dance with Bill T. Jones. Her photographs have appeared in documentary films and in major newspapers and magazines, including Time, Newsweek, and the New York Times.

For Beyond Magenta, Kuklin interviewed, photographed, and then created individual profiles of teenagers in the transgender community. Susan Kuklin lives in New York City with her husband.


Reviews

This book is a short, quick look into the lives and experiences of men who are (or were) on Death Row and were given the sentence while still a teenager. There are a lot of sad things about this book, and maybe even a few things that will make some readers angry. The author has a definite cause she'......more

Goodreads review by Areli

No choirboy by Susan Kuklin are cases of young teenagers who are given the death penalty before the age of 18. Not only do she state the cases but also gives us the point of view from the victims family. We learn the importance of impact. The impact caused on both parties,the grief of the killers fe......more