Study Tools
Dear Martin, a young adult novel by Nic Stone, was published in 2017
. The book follows the story of Justyce McAllister, a Black teenager who begins writing letters to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. after a traumatic experience with police brutality. Through these letters, Justyce grapples with the complexities of race, privilege, and justice in modern America. Stone was inspired to write the book in response to real-life police shootings of unarmed Black American teenagers.Read the full book summary or chapter-by-chapter summaries of Dear Martin.