{"product_id":"9781632460257","title":"Boy With A Knife: A Story of Murder, Remorse, and a Prisoner's Fight for Justice","description":"\u003cp\u003eNearly a quarter of a million youth are tried, sentenced, or imprisoned as adults every year across the United States. On any given day, ten thousand youth are detained or incarcerated in adult jails and prisons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePutting a human face to these sobering statistics, \u003ci\u003eBoy With A Knife \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of Karter Kane Reed, who, at the age of sixteen, was sentenced to life in an adult prison for a murder he committed in 1993 in a high school classroom. Twenty years later, in 2013, he became one of the few men in Massachusetts to sue the Parole Board and win his freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe emotional and devastating narrative takes us step by step through Karter's crime, trial, punishment, and survival in prison, as well as his readjustment into regular society. In addition to being a powerful portrayal of one boy trying to come to terms with the consequences of his tragic actions,\u003ci\u003e Boy With A Knife \u003c\/i\u003eis also a searing critique of the practice of sentencing youth to adult prisons, providing a wake-up call on how we must change the laws in this country that allow children to be sentenced as adults.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean Trounstine \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the highly praised \u003ci\u003eShakespeare Behind Bars: The Power of Drama in Women's Prison \u003c\/i\u003e(St. Martin's) about her decade directing plays and teaching at Framingham Women's Prison in Massachusetts. She has written numerous articles on prison issues for publications including \u003ci\u003eBoston \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWorking Woman \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, the \u003ci\u003eWomen's Review of Books,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTruthout\u003c\/i\u003e, and has been the subject of many articles, radio broadcasts (NPR, The Connection), and TV shows (the \u003ci\u003eToday Show\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ig Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47178256089328,"sku":"9781632460257","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781632460257_p0.jpg?v=1763674531","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781632460257","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}