Shackled : a tale of wronged kids, rogue judges, and a town that looked away / Candy J. Cooper.

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Portion of title Tale of wronged kids, rogue judges, and a town that looked away
Contents Portal to calamity -- Just Greed -- Intolerance -- Four men and two buildings -- Kids for cash -- Kingdom of silence -- Divergence -- Villain or Victim -- Standing up -- Cracks -- Cat and mouse -- Terrible, horrible, no good -- Rage and sorrow -- Deal or no deal -- Depths of indifference -- Frisbee, yoga, spin -- Unimaginable brutality -- Harm reduction -- Branded.
Abstract "Here is the explosive story of the Kids for Cash scandal in Pennsylvania, a judicial justice miscarriage that sent more than 2,500 children and teens to a for-profit detention center while two judges lined their pockets with cash, as told by Candy J. Cooper, an award-winning journalist and Pulitzer Prize finalist"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 173-185) and index.
Interest grade level Grades 7-9 Calkins Creek.
Audience 1140 Lexile
Awards noteYALSA, Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction Finalist, 2025.
Issued in other formOnline version: Cooper, Candy J., 1955- Shackled First edition. New York : Calkins Creek, 2024 9781662620140
Genre/formJuvenile works.
Genre/formTrue crime stories.
LCCN 2023044554
ISBN9781662620133 (hardcover)
ISBN1662620136 (hardcover)
ISBN9781662620140 (ebook)
ISBN1662620144 (ebook)

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Joyner TRC Nonfiction 364.134 C7844S ✔ Available Place Hold