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Life in Prison
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Life in Prison Paperback - 2001

by Stanley Williams,Barbara Cottman

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Williams, the cofounder of the Crips gang and a nominee for both the Nobel Peace Prize and the Nobel Prize in Literature, became an anti-gang crusader before he was executed in December 2005. In this work he debunked urban myths about prison life and challenged young people to choose the right path. Selected for the Young Adult Library Services Association's Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults list.

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Chronicle Books, February 2001. Paperback. Used - Good.
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  • Title Life in Prison
  • Author Stanley Williams,Barbara Cottman
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 80
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Chronicle Books, San Francisco
  • Date February 2001
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 209824
  • ISBN 9781587170942 / 1587170949
  • Weight 0.3 lbs (0.14 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.78 x 6 x 0.28 in (22.30 x 15.24 x 0.71 cm)
  • Ages 10 to 13 years
  • Grade levels 5 - 8
  • Reading level 1020
  • Library of Congress subjects Prisons - United States, Prisoners - United States
  • Dewey Decimal Code 365.609

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Citations

  • Horn Book Magazine, 05/01/2001, Page 352
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2001, Page 338

About the author

Barbara Cottman Becnel has been interviewing Stanley Williams since 1993 and has collaborated with him on his numerous anti-gang education projects. She lives in northern California.

Stanley "Tookie" Williams was on death row at San Quentin State Prison from 1991 until his execution by lethal injection in December, 2005.