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    Querido Justyce / Dear Justyce

    Part of Querido Martin

    Author Nic Stone
    Paperback
    $14.95 US
    PRH Grupo Editorial | Vintage Español
    On sale Jan 06, 2026 | 288 Pages | 9798890984753
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    Entre los mejores libros del año, según NPR. Llega la secuela del aclamado éxito de ventas, Querido Martin. Desde la cárcel, un adolescente escribe cartas a su amigo sobre su experiencia con el sistema de justicia juvenil.

    ★     Una excelente opción para colecciones juveniles en español que será tan popular como Querido Martin y los otros libros de Stone.–School Library Journal

    ¿Por qué Justyce McAllister ha logrado entrar a Yale, pero su amigo de la infancia Vernell Laquan Banks ha terminado en la cárcel? Si los dos crecieron a una cuadra de distancia en el vecindario Wynwood Hieghts de la Atlanta sureña.

    “¿Cómo lo lograste?”, le pregunta Quan a Justyce, el joven protagonista de Querido Martin, en las cartas que le envía desde el Centro Regional de Detención Juvenil.

    Además de sus mensajes al amigo, las viñetas y flashbacks de la vida de Quan muestran sus problemas en casa, los malentendidos en la escuela, la incomprensión. Todo lo que conduce a un encuentro con la policía, donde las cosas se salen de control. Un oficial muerto y un arma con sus huellas cambian el destino del joven. Ni siquiera él está seguro de cómo sucedieron las cosas.

    ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

    An NPR Best Book of the Year * The stunning sequel to the critically acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestseller Dear Martin. An incarcerated teen writes letters to his best friend about his experiences in the American juvenile justice system.

    ★ An excellent choice for Spanish-language YA collections that will be just as popular as Querido Martin and Stone’s other books.–Sharon Sherman, School Library Journal

    An unflinching look into the tragically flawed practices and silenced voices in the American juvenile justice system.

    Vernell LaQuan Banks and Justyce McAllister grew up a block apart in the Southwest Atlanta neighborhood of Wynwood Heights. Years later, though, Justyce walks the illustrious halls of Yale University . . . and Quan sits behind bars at the Fulton Regional Youth Detention Center.

    Through a series of flashbacks, vignettes, and letters to Justyce--the protagonist of Dear Martin--Quan's story takes form. Troubles at home and misunderstandings at school give rise to police encounters and tough decisions. But then there's a dead cop and a weapon with Quan's prints on it. What leads a bright kid down a road to a murder charge? Not even Quan is sure.
    Nic Stone nació en los suburbios de Atlanta, Georgia. Después de graduarse del Spelman College, trabajó intensamente como mentora de adolescentes. Vivió en Israel varios años antes de regresar a Estados Unidos. De esa variedad de culturas, religiones e historias entre las que creció nace su absoluta capacidad para dar voz a personajes muy diversos. En Querido Martin, su primera novela, se propuso examinar conflictos actuales desde las enseñanzas del Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

    Stone vive en Atlanta con su esposo e hijos. Puedes encontrarla en X y en Instagram como @getnicced, y conocer más sobre su trabajo en nicstone.info.
    Nic Stone View titles by Nic Stone
    ★Gr 8 Up–Stone’s sequel to Querido Martin, the Spanish-language edition of Dear Martin, is an epistolary tale that weaves plot and poetry through the reminisces of two childhood friends. Quan and Justyce (the protagonist of Querido Martin) met at a time when a playground rocket ship provided sanctuary from their respective families. Now young men, both are navigating adulthood solo: Quan is in jail, and Justyce is in law school at Yale. Each gives the other an opportunity to relinquish past influences that have weighed them down when Justyce teams up with fellow law students, while Quan regroups with the help of his therapist and her street-smart intern. Teens will root for the main characters and their allies as they seek to overturn a false confession that linked Quan to a crime he did not commit. Quan’s case will test a friendship as he and Justyce peel back the layers of fear and doubt that brought them together. Both will learn that their histories do not define them; by book’s end, they will flesh out new trajectories and be welcomed into communities of their own choosing. Stone’s book poignantly elucidates the injustices that plague many young Black men. The protagonists are well developed, and Stone distinguishes their voices through lyrical, spare language and the letters they write to each other. VERDICT An excellent choice for Spanish-language YA collections that will be just as popular as Querido Martin and Stone’s other books.–Sharon Sherman, School Library Journal

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    Entre los mejores libros del año, según NPR. Llega la secuela del aclamado éxito de ventas, Querido Martin. Desde la cárcel, un adolescente escribe cartas a su amigo sobre su experiencia con el sistema de justicia juvenil.

    ★     Una excelente opción para colecciones juveniles en español que será tan popular como Querido Martin y los otros libros de Stone.–School Library Journal

    ¿Por qué Justyce McAllister ha logrado entrar a Yale, pero su amigo de la infancia Vernell Laquan Banks ha terminado en la cárcel? Si los dos crecieron a una cuadra de distancia en el vecindario Wynwood Hieghts de la Atlanta sureña.

    “¿Cómo lo lograste?”, le pregunta Quan a Justyce, el joven protagonista de Querido Martin, en las cartas que le envía desde el Centro Regional de Detención Juvenil.

    Además de sus mensajes al amigo, las viñetas y flashbacks de la vida de Quan muestran sus problemas en casa, los malentendidos en la escuela, la incomprensión. Todo lo que conduce a un encuentro con la policía, donde las cosas se salen de control. Un oficial muerto y un arma con sus huellas cambian el destino del joven. Ni siquiera él está seguro de cómo sucedieron las cosas.

    ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

    An NPR Best Book of the Year * The stunning sequel to the critically acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestseller Dear Martin. An incarcerated teen writes letters to his best friend about his experiences in the American juvenile justice system.

    ★ An excellent choice for Spanish-language YA collections that will be just as popular as Querido Martin and Stone’s other books.–Sharon Sherman, School Library Journal

    An unflinching look into the tragically flawed practices and silenced voices in the American juvenile justice system.

    Vernell LaQuan Banks and Justyce McAllister grew up a block apart in the Southwest Atlanta neighborhood of Wynwood Heights. Years later, though, Justyce walks the illustrious halls of Yale University . . . and Quan sits behind bars at the Fulton Regional Youth Detention Center.

    Through a series of flashbacks, vignettes, and letters to Justyce--the protagonist of Dear Martin--Quan's story takes form. Troubles at home and misunderstandings at school give rise to police encounters and tough decisions. But then there's a dead cop and a weapon with Quan's prints on it. What leads a bright kid down a road to a murder charge? Not even Quan is sure.

    Author

    Nic Stone nació en los suburbios de Atlanta, Georgia. Después de graduarse del Spelman College, trabajó intensamente como mentora de adolescentes. Vivió en Israel varios años antes de regresar a Estados Unidos. De esa variedad de culturas, religiones e historias entre las que creció nace su absoluta capacidad para dar voz a personajes muy diversos. En Querido Martin, su primera novela, se propuso examinar conflictos actuales desde las enseñanzas del Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

    Stone vive en Atlanta con su esposo e hijos. Puedes encontrarla en X y en Instagram como @getnicced, y conocer más sobre su trabajo en nicstone.info.
    Nic Stone View titles by Nic Stone

    Praise

    ★Gr 8 Up–Stone’s sequel to Querido Martin, the Spanish-language edition of Dear Martin, is an epistolary tale that weaves plot and poetry through the reminisces of two childhood friends. Quan and Justyce (the protagonist of Querido Martin) met at a time when a playground rocket ship provided sanctuary from their respective families. Now young men, both are navigating adulthood solo: Quan is in jail, and Justyce is in law school at Yale. Each gives the other an opportunity to relinquish past influences that have weighed them down when Justyce teams up with fellow law students, while Quan regroups with the help of his therapist and her street-smart intern. Teens will root for the main characters and their allies as they seek to overturn a false confession that linked Quan to a crime he did not commit. Quan’s case will test a friendship as he and Justyce peel back the layers of fear and doubt that brought them together. Both will learn that their histories do not define them; by book’s end, they will flesh out new trajectories and be welcomed into communities of their own choosing. Stone’s book poignantly elucidates the injustices that plague many young Black men. The protagonists are well developed, and Stone distinguishes their voices through lyrical, spare language and the letters they write to each other. VERDICT An excellent choice for Spanish-language YA collections that will be just as popular as Querido Martin and Stone’s other books.–Sharon Sherman, School Library Journal

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