Book Description
for Public Defender by Joan Hewett and Richard Hewett
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
A photo-essay describes typical activities in the worklife of Janice Fukai, an Asian-American lawyer in Los Angeles County. Black-and-white photographs accompany the straight-forward account of an individual public defender's work with clients who have been charged with serious crimes. (Ages 9-14)
CCBC Choices 1991. © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1991. Used with permission.