No Choirboy: Murder, Violence, And Teenagers On Death Row (2008) - Plot & Excerpts
Book Information:The genre of this book is nonfiction and the reading level is ages fourteen-seventeen.Summary:This story illustrates what prison culture is all about. This book is a composition of firsthand accounts told by inmates about how they ended up in prison, and their feelings or circumstances within the jail and justice system. This book is raw, and each inmate has been charged with death row, so it is interesting to read about their experiences as extreme criminals, as well as their emotional sides. The structure of this novel is a series of interviews, and each piece of this book is unique since the reader gets to experience the life of an inmate. One of the first inmates, Roy, talks about how he was once on death row, but now is not, and about how frightened he was when he was sentenced to death. This is a culture of fear, pain, threats, and anxiety, and this book truly captures the thoughts of those behind bars. Instructional Information:This book would be a great book to add into a lesson plan about the government. Students could learn about different laws, and then make bullet pointed lists about why certain laws are in place, and their opinions on various laws. After making bullet pointed lists, the classroom could have a vote about what laws they think should or should not continue, which could also help them all to learn about the voting system in the U.S. Contextual Information:The themes of this book are murder, violence, and prison. Many different races or ethnicities were discussed in this book because there are many first hand accounts of life in prison from many different inmates. Also, from some of the stories you can tell that they come from low socioeconomic statuses especially when they talk about what they did to end up in prison. I think that this book is written for both genders and males and females would both be very interested in reading this book.Kuklin, S. (2008). No choirboy: murder, violence, and teenagers on death row. New York: Henry Holt and Co.. This book I read, is a fantastic book. Front eh beginning to the end you would be amaze on what people did I be In that position they are in. I'm each chapter there is a different story about a boys life, the cool thing is a narrator tells you what happen to them. I recommend this book to anyone but mostly to teenagers for they can learn what and what they should not do to be in trouble. Also teaches you a lesson that every bad thing you do in life have consequences.
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