The authorities remove the covers from textbooks so inmates don't use them to beat one another. Corrections officers line the halls, itching for an excuse to prove themselves. Some teachers try their hardest to teach students who can't read; others don't try at all. This is Rikers High, where Martin is a student-and a prisoner.
Summary Arrested on a minor offense, a New York City teenager attends high school in the jail facility on Rikers Island as he waits for his case to go to court.
Topics Jails. Juvenile delinquency. Prisoners. Teachers. Rikers Island, New York.
SRC Level 5.200000
SRC Points 13.000000
Lexile 790L
Trim Size 5 1/2" x 8 1/4"
JLG Span Fall
Language English
Publication date 2010-02-03
JLG Release Date Mar 2010
Minimum grade 9
Maximum grade 12
Reading level High
Format Print
High Demand High Plus (Grades 9 & Up)
High Demand High Plus
High Demand High Plus (Grades 9 & Up)
For Grades 9 & Up
These exciting, age-appropriate fiction and nonfiction titles will appeal to even the most reluctant high-school readers. With that kind of appeal, the 14 books in this category will rarely sit on the shelf.
Discrimination: Racial Insensitivity/Racism,Language: Racial or Ethnic Epithet/Slur,Language: Strong Language,Sexual Content: Mild Sexual Content/Themes,Violence: General