Jailhouse Rock

Buckhanon, Kalisha. Upstate.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2005. Print.

I know several of you are in relationships right now - you love your significant other, and would do anything for them. Its true love, and you are loyal. But could  you stay loyal through the incarceration of your signif? Especially if they were accused of murder? Would you believe them if they said they didn't do it?

Upstate is the story of Antonio and Natasha, two 16 year olds living in Harlem. When Antonio gets sent upstate to serve time for killing his abusive father, he and Natasha cling to each other through letters, each marking the passage of their lives apart by sending their love on paper. Follow along with their extraordinary journey.










Abstract (thanks to OCLC World Cat): "In jail after being charged with his father's murder, seventeen-year-old Antonio finds his love with sixteen-year-old Natasha tested and engages in a ten-year correspondence with her from behind bars. Baby, the first thing I need to know from you is do you believe I killed my father? So begins Upstate, a powerful story told through letters between seventeen-year-old Antonio and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend."

Winner: ALA Alex Award 2006, ALA's Top 10 Books for Young Adults 2006

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