Prisoner 88 by Leah Pileggi - ISBN: 9781580895613
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Based on a true story, “Prisoner 88” follows 10-year-old Jake, who is sent to an Idaho prison for killing a man who had threatened his father. Issues of racism, justice, literacy, and frontier life inform Jake’s story, with a compelling first-person voice that instantly transports the reader to the …

Prisoner 88

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  • Paperback

    144 pages

  • Release Date

    4 June 2019

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Summary

Based on a true story, this historical novel shares the story of Jake Oliver Evans, a ten-year-old sentenced to five years in prison for shooting a man while defending his father.What if you were ten years old and thrown into prison with hardened criminals? That’s just what happens to Jake Oliver Evans. Inspired by a true account of a prisoner in the Idaho Territorial Penitentiary in 1885, Jake’s story is as affecting as it is shocking.Convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to five years, Ja…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781580895613
ISBN-10:1580895611
Author:Leah Pileggi
Publisher:Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.
Imprint:Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:144
Release Date:4 June 2019
Weight:140g
Dimensions:210mm x 139mm
About The Author

Leah Pileggi

Leah Pileggi is a writer and traveler. She has published several articles in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Hopscotch magazine. PRISONER 88 is her first novel. Leah lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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