101 pages 3 hours read

Nic Stone

Dear Martin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

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Multiple Choice

Long-Answer

1.  With Castillo's arrest, Justyce realizes that his Blackness is all that some people need to see to assume he's a criminal. It is a harsh reality for Justyce to absorb and it makes him angry and hurt. (“August 25”)

2. Justyce recalls Trey and some of the other kids making fun of him for reading and calling him White Boy. Justyce tries to understand why "tryna DO something with [him]self made [him] some kind of race-traitor." (“November 1”)

3. The realization that Dr. King was simply himself in the face of racism provides Justyce with the insight that a person's integrity and sense of self are what are truly important.