All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook
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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?
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I lead 4th - 5th grade discussion group at my library. We read a good selection of books through out the year. This book has been one of my favorites of this school year.
Perry is a great character. He has been living in an unique and interesting place for a child : a prison. His mother gave birth to him in prison and has been allowed to raise him there. This book follows his journey once it has been discovered by officials that he has been living within the prison system. I am really looking forward to hearing what my fellow book group members think of the book.
