Description |
676 p. ; 20 cm |
Series |
Penguin readers. Level 6 |
Contents |
A delicate exercise -- Kravitz and Bane -- Parchman -- On death row -- Identities -- Questions of guilt -- My dear sweet faher -- A cruel way to die -- A Parchman sunrise -- The rabbit -- Confessions -- In court -- The chamber -- A new dawn |
Summary |
"The horror of death row is that you die a little each day. The waiting kills you." Seventy-year-old Sam Cayhall is on Mississippi's death row. Sam hates lawyers but his date with the gas chamber is close, and time is running out. Then Adam Hall, a young lawyer arrives. Can he and his secret persuade Sam to accept his help? -- from p. 4 of cover |
Subject |
Readers
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Readers for new literates
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ISBN |
9780440220602 |
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9781405882613 (pbk) |
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1405882611 (pbk) |
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