What Happened to Johnnie Jordan?: The Story of a Child Turning Violent

What Happened to Johnnie Jordan?: The Story of a Child Turning Violent
ISBN-10
0684855585
ISBN-13
9780684855585
Category
Family & Relationships
Pages
306
Language
English
Published
2002
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Author
Jennifer Toth

Description

A tale of youth violence in America and the juvenile justice system's inability to stop it focuses on Johnnie Jordan, a fourteen-year-old boy who murdered his elderly foster mother, one of the few people in his life who actually cared about him.

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