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No Choirboy: Murder, Violence, And Teenagers On Death Row (2008)

by Susan Kuklin(Favorite Author)

3.77 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0805079505 (ISBN13: 9780805079500)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

review 1: This uncensored book about teenage prisoners sentenced to death in the United States of American, one of the few countries that give the death sentences to people under the age of 18. The author, Susan Kuklin, goes deep into the lives of murderers and other teenagers who have done unspeakable crimes. Each teen discusses why they are there, their thoughts and feelings about being there, and any remorse they feel. The book is a very short and quick to read which does not encompass many filler parts the book focuses on. This book gives great insight but I would not recommend it be used in a classroom for learning about culture. It does not represent American culture as a whole, instead on prisons in America and the laws of certain states. The United States has not passed a fe... morederal law that allows the death penalty let alone the death penalty to people under the age of 18. It only represents a small portion of American culture and does not give students the entire perspective.Kuklin, S. (2008). No choirboy: murder, violence, and teenagers on death row. New York: Henry Holt and Co..
review 2: This story illustrates what prison culture is all about. This book is a composition of firsthand accounts told by inmates about how they ended up in prison, and their feelings or circumstances within the jail and justice system. This book is raw, and each inmate has been charged with death row, so it is interesting to read about their experiences as extreme criminals, as well as their emotional sides. The structure of this novel is a series of interviews, and each piece of this book is unique since the reader gets to experience the life of an inmate. One of the first inmates, Roy, talks about how he was once on death row, but now is not, and about how frightened he was when he was sentenced to death. This is a culture of fear, pain, threats, and anxiety, and this book truly captures the thoughts of those behind bars. This book is a non-fiction multicultural book, and the reading level could be anywhere from about 12 years old and up due to the content and writing difficulty. The themes of the book were honesty, hardship, guilt, pain, and crime. It was about inmates ranging in age and background. This book would be a great book to add into a lesson plan about the government. Students could learn about different laws, and then make bullet pointed lists about why certain laws are in place, and their opinions on these various laws. After making bullet pointed lists, the classroom could have a vote about what laws they think should or should not continue, which could also help them all to learn about the voting system in the U.S. Kuklin, S. (2008). No choirboy: murder, violence, and teenagers on death row. New York: Henry Holt and Co.. less

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