First offense

Twelve-year-old Frankie Bishop is a model kid: quiet and bright. So everyone, especially his family, is shocked when he\u27s arrested for drug possession--and horrified when he\u27s sentenced to juvenile detention at Eldridge Academy. His uncle, Bruce Kantor of the Help Innocent Prisoners Project, wants to help but knows he\u27s too close to the case. His associate Dani Trumball has family worries of her own to deal with, but she knows Bruce wouldn\u27t ask for help without cause. Just as she and her team begin to investigate, the case gets even thornier: Frankie is missing, and evidence points to an Eldridge cover-up. As the FBI launches a hunt for the boy, Dani knows something isn\u27t right. Why would a minor\u27s first offense earn such a harsh punishment? Unconvinced by the court documents, Dani is dogged in her pursuit of the truth that will save Frankie\u27s future--if he still has one. --Back coverhttps://scholarship.law.ua.edu/harper_lee_prize_books_2017/1010/thumbnail.jp