"When it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it. You can't sugarcoat it. You have to take a stand and say, 'This is not right.'" - Claudette Colvin On March 2, 1955, an impassioned teenager, fed up with the daily injustices of Jim Crow segregation, refused to give her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Instead of being celebrated as Rosa Parks would be just nine months later, fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin found herself shunned by her classmates and dismissed by community leaders. Undaunted, a year later she dared to challenge segregation again as a key plaintiff in Browder v. Gayle, the landmark case that struck down the segregation laws of Montgomery and swept away the legal underpinnings of the Jim Crow South. Based on extensive interviews with Claudette Colvin and many others, Phillip Hoose presents the first in-depth account of an important yet largely unknown civil rights figure, skillfully weaving her dramatic story into the fabric of the historic Montgomery bus boycott and court case that would change the course of American history. Claudette Colvin is the National Book Award Winner for Young People's Literature, a Newbery Honor Book, A YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist, and a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book.

Winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction An electrifying story of the sensational murder trial that divided a city and ignited the civil rights struggle In 1925, Detroit was a smoky swirl of jazz and speakeasies, assembly lines and fistfights. The advent of automobiles had brought workers from around the globe to compete for manufacturing jobs, and tensions often flared with the KKK in ascendance and violence rising. Ossian Sweet, a proud Negro doctor-grandson of a slave-had made the long climb from the ghetto to a home of his own in a previously all-white neighborhood. Yet just after his arrival, a mob gathered outside his house; suddenly, shots rang out: Sweet, or one of his defenders, had accidentally killed one of the whites threatening their lives and homes. And so it began-a chain of events that brought America's greatest attorney, Clarence Darrow, into the fray and transformed Sweet into a controversial symbol of equality. Historian Kevin Boyle weaves the police investigation and courtroom drama of Sweet's murder trial into an unforgettable tapestry of narrative history that documents the volatile America of the 1920s and movingly re-creates the Sweet family's journey from slavery through the Great Migration to the middle class. Ossian Sweet's story, so richly and poignantly captured here, is an epic tale of one man trapped by the battles of his era's changing times.

Small-town judgment can be brutal, as Sherry Dyke, a high school student, finds out after she is date-raped, becomes pregnant as a result, and makes a difficult decision. The family moves to another state to avoid the harassment and begin to rebuild their lives. They win over their new communities, including Sherry finding love. But when the man who raped her shows up, the harassment begins anew until Sherry is brutally raped again and beaten. Sherry survives her injuries, and she and her family seek justice through the court system but are disappointed. Sherry’s tragic story is contrasted by the beauty of the setting—the Columbia River Gorge, which separates the states of Oregon and Washington—and the manner in which she finally gets justice.

Just caught sight of the new ER doc everyone is talking about—I'd know those killer cheekbones and that devastating grin anywhere… My world is ending—at least that's what it feels like! Not only did Dr. Ross Lane break my heart, he also upped sticks before my pregnancy test came back…positive! That baby is now the most beautiful little boy in the world—and I owe it to him to let Ross know he's a daddy. But that's one conversation I don't even know how to start….

From the Nyay-Darshan of ancient India, where the word ‘Justice’ was defined for the first time, humanity has walked a long way to arrive at a different meaning altogether. In the 1830s, the British destroyed two ancient systems of Indian civilization. One was the Gurukul education system in Sanskrit, and the second was the concept of Nyay from the Nyaydarshan. Nyay was the fundamental way of living for every learned Indian. It was expelled under a systemic conspiracy. And this novel restores the same idea of Nyay back in modern India. It is the story of Sunita Roy, an idealistic law student and only daughter of a top industrialist, who turns against the system when she sees the killing of her father in front of her eyes and fails to get justice in court. She uses all her excellence to expose the impotence of the judiciary system and ensures justice for all in a controversial way. When Sunita is about to reach her final success, an investigation of a brainy CBI officer, Akshara Mathur, turns the play to the other side. Now, the system traps her in her own play. And there comes Rohan, the love interest of Sunita, to rescue her. He rescues her, but the price she pays for it puts her in front of the self-realization of a lifetime.