ALL RISE FOR THE HONORABLE PERRY T. COOK (HB)

Junior Library Guild Selection * Kids’ Indie Next List Pick

From Leslie Connor, award-winning author of Waiting for Normal and Crunch, comes a soaring and heartfelt story about love, forgiveness, and how innocence makes us all rise up. All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook is a powerful story, perfect for fans of Wonder and When You Reach Me.

Eleven-year-old Perry was born and raised by his mom at the Blue River Co-ed Correctional Facility in tiny Surprise, Nebraska. His mom is a resident on Cell Block C, and so far Warden Daugherty has made it possible for them to be together. That is, until a new district attorney discovers the truth—and Perry is removed from the facility and forced into a foster home.

When Perry moves to the “outside” world, he feels trapped. Desperate to be reunited with his mom, Perry goes on a quest for answers about her past crime. As he gets closer to the truth, he will discover that love makes people resilient no matter where they come from . . . but can he find a way to tell everyone what home truly means?

• A Unique Found Family: Perry’s home is a correctional facility, and his family includes the kind, funny, and sometimes lost residents of Blue River who have watched him grow up.
• An Unbreakable Mother-Son Bond: When a new district attorney separates Perry from his incarcerated mother, he’ll do anything to find his way back to her.
• The True Meaning of Home: A heartfelt and thought-provoking story that challenges readers to ask what makes a family and where we truly belong.
• A Fight for Justice: To reunite his family, eleven-year-old Perry must investigate his mother’s past crime and prove to the world that love is more powerful than any prison wall.

Leslie Connor is the author of several award-winning books for children, including two ALA Schneider Family Book Award winners, Waiting for Normal and The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle, which was also selected as a National Book Award finalist. Her other books include All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook, Crunch, and The Things You Kiss Goodbye. She lives in the Connecticut woods with her family and three rescue dogs. You can visit her online at www.leslieconnor.com.