All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook Lib/E (Audiobook)

from ashewert

This book was very out of the ordinary in terms of subject. Perry's raised in a co-ed correctional facility while his mother is serving time for manslaughter. Perry is a bright and well liked young boy who is friends with everyone. Although his childhood is not like most, his character is relatab...

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This 2020 Nutmeg nominee was a refreshing read! Perry has lived all of his twelve years in prison—not as a prisoner, but as a prisoner's son. It's a minimum security prison that feels like family, he goes to school, and he has Zoey as his best friend. Life is fine until the DA discovers he's livi...

from ewyatt

Perry has just been taken from the only home he's ever known, the Blue River Co-Ed Correctional Facility. The warden is his foster parent and his mother is an inmate. When a district attorney decides he needs to be on the outside, Perry finds himself removed from his family and his mother's parol...

from Auj

What an interesting story and premise! The author asked herself, "What if a baby was born to a prison inmate? What if the mother was allowed to keep the baby and raise it there? What might happen? Who would the family be?" I was intrigued by this and bought a copy. It is a wonderful story about a...

from jothebookgirl

The premise was interesting, but not plausible.i think student Readers won't be bothered by an incarcerated woman in for manslaughter had been allowed to raise her son born while in prison for 12 years.he is happy growing up in a minimum secure coed prison. He has friends, (all adults except for ...