Junior Library Guild Selection Kids' Indie Next List Pick From Leslie Connor, award-winning author of Waiting for Normal and Crunch, comes a soaring and heartfelt story about love, forgiveness, and how innocence makes us all rise up.
All Rise for the Honorable Perry T.
Cook is a powerful story, perfect for fans of Wonder and When You Reach Me.
Eleven-year-old Perry was born and raised by his mom at the Blue River Co-ed Correctional Facility in tiny Surprise, Nebraska.
His mom is a resident on Cell Block C, and so far Warden Daugherty has made it possible for them to be together.
That is, until a new district attorney discovers the truth--and Perry is removed from the facility and forced into a foster home.
When Perry moves to the outside world, he feels trapped.
Desperate to be reunited with his mom, Perry goes on a quest for answers about her past crime.
As he gets closer to the truth, he will discover that love makes people resilient no matter where they come from .
but can he find a way to tell everyone what home truly means?.
Katherine Tegen Books All rise for the honorable perry t. cook, hardcover/leslie connor
