por Jonae, Jesse, Layonnie, and Kahliya de Reach Incorporated

La conmovedora, pero común historia de una niña tratando de procesar complicadas emociones cuando su madre es encarcelada.

Escrito por cuatro adolescentes, este conmovedor libro ilustrado explora los efectos del encarcelamiento de una madre en una niña. Cuando su madre ingresa en prisión, Deena empieza a portarse mal en la escuela. Su mejor amiga intenta hablar con ella, su abuela intenta consolarla, su padre intenta castigarla... pero nada funciona. En un día en el parque de atracciones con su padre, Deena empieza a procesar sus sentimientos. Ilustrada con emotivos collages, esta historia ayudará a jóvenes lectores a procesar y comprender conversaciones difíciles, el dolor causado por el sistema judicial y cómo las familias perseveran a pesar de todo.

• ISBN: 978-1945434075

• edad: 4-9

• lexile: 520L

• páginas: 40

• publicado originalmente 2017

• fecha de publicación 15 Oct 2024

Voices on Youth Incarceration

• A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

• Foreword Indies Finalist

• Independent Press Award Winner

• “A powerful, devastating, essential read” - Starred review in Kirkus Reviews

When You Hear Me (You Hear Us) is an anthology of poetry and personal stories centering the voices of those directly impacted by the incarceration of young people in the United States. Compiled by Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop, this rich collection includes firsthand accounts from both the young people charged and incarcerated in the adult criminal legal system and from the community at large: the mothers, the loved ones, the correctional staff, public defenders, prosecutors, and others harmed and left with unhealed trauma. These critical voices, uniquely combined, illustrate the ecosystem that surrounds youth who are incarcerated--and expose the ripple effects that touch us all. This book challenges us to hear these voices calling out for accountability, transformative justice, and healing. Together, they demonstrate the collective impact of the prison system, and our collective responsibility to create a society where every one of us can thrive.

• ISBN: 978-1-950807-34-5

• Age: 12+

• Page Count: 288

• Published: Fall 2021

Get the full set of books by Beacon House teen writers. These books contain middle grade and young adult fiction centering the stories of Black youth.

This set includes:

Black Boys Dreaming, a collection of illustrated stories written in poetry and prose by four middle middle school Black boys. Over the course of a historic year characterized by the COVID-19 pandemic, Black Lives Matter protests, and widespread social reckoning, these authors from Beacon House came together virtually, to dream.

The Day Tajon Got Shot, an extraordinarily brave multi-perspective novel about prejudice and police brutality by ten teen girls from Beacon House.

Trinitoga, a novel-in-stories by middle-school authors of Beacon House. These young writers created a fictionalized neghborhood and populated it with an endearing and heartbreaking cast of characters, not unlike people they have encountered in their own lives.

Curriculum is available for these titles!

Get the full set of books by Free Minds incarcerated writers. These books feature poetry, essays, and personal stories written by incarcerated young people.

This set includes:

The Untold Story of The Real Me is a collection of poems written by young people who were charged and incarcerated as adults at the age of 16 or 17.

They Called Me 299-359 is an anthology of poetry and essays written, edited, and compiled by incarcerated youth who are Free Minds Book Club members, held both at the DC Jail and in adult federal facilities across the country.

When You Hear Me (You Hear Us) is an anthology of poetry and personal stories centering the voices of those directly impacted by the incarceration of young people in the United States.

Curriculum is available for these titles!

#1 on the Top Ten Books for 2022 In The Margins Book Award

They Called Me 299-359 is an anthology of poetry and essays written, edited, and compiled by incarcerated youth who are Free Minds Book Club members, held both at the DC Jail and in adult federal facilities across the country. Through moving personal testimony, these young writers explore the challenges and pain of incarceration as well as family, forgiveness, redemption, and dreams. Their book is used as a tool for violence prevention and healing in Free Minds’s youth violence prevention initiative “On the Same Page,” and is also taught as part of college curricula at several universities. This 10th anniversary edition includes updated forewords from Free Minds poet ambassadors as well as from award-winning formerly incarcerated poet Reginald Dwayne Betts.

• ISBN: 978-1-950807-15-4

• Age: 12+

• Lexile: NP

• Page Count: 120

• Published: Fall 2020