Letter

703 Churchville Road


Bel Air, MD 21014

September 6, 2010

Dear Jude,

My name is Konnor D and I attend John Carroll High School. I enjoyed reading about you in the story Jude. Over the summer, I did many things. I went to Bush Gardens, Virginia, and had a lot of fun there. I also went to New Jersey to see the ocean before I had to go back to school. I also went to see a lot of friends over the summer. I played some rugby over the summer too. I am not sure if you want to hear this seeing how you were in prison.

I thought that the story was very good and well thought out. The way you handled yourself in prison was inspiring. You made sure to protect yourself and still meet some people who were not all bad. Then when you got out and made Harry confess to all the things that he had done, that took guts. You faced so much betrayal and yet you still had energy to keep on going, but you had to because that was the only way to get your mothers respect.

I thought that the story was written in a very informative style. I could feel like I was in your story, like I was in your life, and it felt terrible. All of your injustice and hurt I could feel too. That may seem insensitive, but it’s true. The author also described the places you saw very well. Your apartment, the prison, and the half-way house they were all written as if she had seen them herself and that past into the book.

So what happened after you got accepted into college? Did you become an attorney like you had hoped? Or in college did you end up choosing a different profession? On a different topic I think you handled all those prisoners well by fighting them off even though you were getting sicker every day in solitary. The one thing that was amazing to me was that you actually gave up your life for your mother by going to prison to help her career.

I think police corruption is a real issue in a modern society. Often you hear about police that are taking drugs from people who they are supposed to be preventing to sell drugs. They are putting innocent people in prison just to save their own career. They are also putting the innocent in prison just because of race, religion, or ethnicity. Now I’m not saying that all police officers are like this or do these things, but some do and it’s a real problem.

Now I hope you get this letter and I don’t think you will respond seeing how now you are on your own and free, but I hope you will. Tell me what it is like being free and able to do whatever you want after being locked up for five years. I hope you respond and if not have a good life.



Sincerely,





Konnor D