Solo Clemencia (Adaptación Para Jóvenes) / Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults) [Spanish]

Esta adaptaci n para j venes del aclamado bestseller #1 del New York Times, Just Mercy -es ahora una pel cula protagonizada por Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx y Brie Larson, y pr ximamente el tema de un documental de HBO.

En esta obra profundamente personal -adaptada del bestseller original, que el New York Times describe como "tan contundente y poderosa como Matar a un ruise or, y en algunos aspectos a n m s" - el reconocido abogado y defensor de la justicia social Bryan Stevenson ofrece una mirada a las vidas de los que est n encarcelados injustamente y a sus esfuerzos y su lucha por conseguir la libertad.

La historia de Stevenson es un testimonio a su trabajo para proteger los derechos humanos b sicos de las personas m s vulnerables en la sociedad estadounidense: los pobres, los condenados injustamente y aquellos cuyas vidas han estado marcadas por la discriminaci n y la marginaci n. A trav s de esta adaptaci n, los j venes de hoy se sentir n llamados a la acci n y a la compasi n en b squeda de la justicia.

-Uno de los mejores libros del a o seg n Kirkus Reviews.
-Elecci n de los editores de Booklist.
-Presentado en CBS This Morning.
-Uno de los mejores libros del a o seg n la Biblioteca P blica de Nueva York.

"Un collage profundamente emotivo de historias reales... Una lectura obligatoria." (Kirkus Reviews, rese a destacada).

"Compasiva y convincente, la narrativa de Stevenson es tambi n inolvidable." (Booklist, rese a destacada).

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

The young adult adaptation of the acclaimed, number one New York Times best seller Just Mercy - now a major motion picture starring Michael B. Jordan, Jaime Foxx, and Brie Larson and now the subject of an upcoming HBO documentary feature

In this very personal work - adapted from the original number one best seller, which the New York Time calls "as compelling as To Kill a Mockingbird, and in some ways more so" - acclaimed lawyer and social justice advocate Bryan Stevenson offers a glimpse into the lives of the wrongfully imprisoned and his efforts to fight for their freedom.

Stevenson's story is one of working to protect basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society - the poor, the wrongly convicted, and those whose lives have been marked by discrimination and marginalization. Through this adaptation, young people of today will find themselves called to action and compassion in the pursuit of justice.

A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
A Booklist Editors' Choice
Featured on CBS This Morning
A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year

"A deeply moving collage of true stories.... This is required reading." (Kirkus Reviews, starred review)

"Compassionate and compelling, Stevenson's narrative is also unforgettable." (Booklist, starred review)