A High Price for Justice

About the Book

Book Review:

The story of a lynching mob gone wrong…. Andre Jackson stops on a highway to help an apparently injured motorist, but is instead brutally beaten and then hunted by the Last Disciples, a Ku Klux Klan splinter group. Recovering from the encounter, Andre Jackson disguises himself as a Caucasian to infiltrate the hate group and uncover the identities of the men who injured him. After he learns his primary attacker, Andrew McCarthy, was coerced into participating in the group after they threatened his son, he and Andrew collaborate with Detective Williams to bring down the Last Disciples. As Andre collects evidence, Williams tries to build a case against his superior, but Rollins has spies throughout the town. When he learns of the deception, Rollins sends out his goons, and in a blaze of gunfire the lives of all four men are changed, with repercussions for their families and the small town.

--Kikus Discoveries Review

About the Author

Wendy-Ann Diaz is a social studies teacher at Addelita Cancryn Junior High School in St. Thomas, USVI. Born in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, she attended Charlotte Amalie High School in St. Thomas. Diaz holds a BA in history and another in psychology from Florida State University. Well known as an academic and civic activist, particularly for the improvement of student life and scholastic achievement, Diaz has initiated or organized the CORE Reading Program, Hands Across the Campus, Students School Improvement Committee (SSIC), and the Tshwane 3D Intervention Program at Addelita Cancryn. With a number of nominations for Teacher of the Year and the Heath Award (VI Humanities Council), she is a Women Pioneering the Future for Children awardee. A writer of songs, poetry, plays, and stories, Wendy-Ann Diaz has aptly written her second book, A High Price for Justice.