Theyoungadultadaptationoftheacclaimed,#1NewYorkTimesbestsellerJustMercy--nowamajormotionpicturestarringMichaelB.Jordan,JaimeFoxx,andBrieLarsonandthesubjectofanHBOdocumentaryfeature!Inthisverypersonalwork--adaptedfromtheoriginal#1bestseller,whichtheNewYorkTimescalls“ascompellingasToKillaMockingbird,andinsomewaysmoreso“--acclaimedlawyerandsocialjusticeadvocateBryanStevensonoffersaglimpseintothelivesofthewrongfullyimprisonedandhiseffortstofightfortheirfreedom.Stevenson’sstoryisoneofworkingtoprotectbasichumanrightsforthemostvulnerablepeopleinAmericansociety--thepoor,thewronglyconvicted,andthosewhoseliveshavebeenmarkedbydiscriminationandmarginalization.Throughthisadaptation,youngpeopleoftodaywillfindthemselvescalledtoactionandcompassioninthepursuitofjustice.ProceedsofthisbookwillgotocharitytohelpinStevenson’simportantworktobenefitthevoicelessandthevulnerableastheyattempttonavigatethebrokenU.S.justicesystem.
