Looking for JJ (20th Anniversary Edition)

Looking for JJ is a 2005 book by Margaret Peterson Haddix that was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Book Award. It is about a girl named JJ who was convicted of murder and has been released six years later. The book explores the circumstances and motives behind the murder of a child by her friend and asks questions about morality and whether offenders of heinous crimes should be forgiven.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 01 February 2024
Publisher: Scholastic

Brave and intelligent, BookTrust's 2005 Teenage Prize Winner, Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal & Whitbread Book Award, is a book as blisteringly relevant as it was when published 20 years ago. Three children walked away from the edge of town one day, but only two of them came back. JJ was charged and convicted of murder. Six years later, she has now been released and has a new identity. But is there any way that she can lead a normal life?

A gripping and emotionally searing novel from a talented author, Looking for JJ explores the circumstances and motives behind the murder of a child by her friend. For fans of Thirteen Reasons Why, We Were Liars, and Inventing Anna, a book to be read time and again, with a unique perspective that explores issues of morality and whether offenders of heinous crimes be forgiven. More praise for Looking for JJ: Compelling, thought-provoking, Kirkus. Asking more questions than it answers, this is a brilliant and disturbing piece of writing that looks beyond the headlines and forces the reader to confront and question some of their own attitudes to contemporary issues.

Weight: 212g
Dimension: 128 x 197 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780702330681