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** [[spoiler: LeVaughn Harrison, the teenager whose crime sparked the reforms that lead to this book's criminal justice system, hung himself while in jail.]]
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** [[spoiler: LeVaughn [=LeVaughn=] Harrison, the teenager whose crime sparked the reforms that lead to this book's criminal justice system, hung himself while in jail.]]
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* CoversAlwaysLie: While Letta is wearing a yellow jumpsuit on the cover, it is described as grey in the book.
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**[[spoiler: Petra tries to kill herself after she realizes that her victim's family withdrew their forgiveness, landing her back in jail.]]
**[[spoiler: LeVaughn Harrison, the teenager whose crime sparked the reforms that lead to this book's criminal justice system, hung himself while in jail.]]
**[[spoiler: Petra tries to kill herself after she realizes that her victim's family withdrew their forgiveness, landing her back in jail.]]
**[[spoiler: LeVaughn Harrison, the teenager whose crime sparked the reforms that lead to this book's criminal justice system, hung himself while in jail.]]
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* AesopCollateralDamage: The main character's seven year old sister has to die for the main character to learn not to drink and drive.
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**The main character's seven year old sister has to die for the main character to learn not to drink anddrive.drive.
**It takes Letta to essentially be tortured repeatedly for over a month for her parents to realize that [[spoiler: the Trials were useless. They forgive her and get her therapy, which actually helps with the issues that landed her in juvie in the first place instead of creating even more trauma.]]
**The main character's seven year old sister has to die for the main character to learn not to drink and
**It takes Letta to essentially be tortured repeatedly for over a month for her parents to realize that [[spoiler: the Trials were useless. They forgive her and get her therapy, which actually helps with the issues that landed her in juvie in the first place instead of creating even more trauma.]]
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* TallyMarksOnThePrisonWall: Invoked with Violetta's ([[spoiler:and later Vince's]]) chapters having tally marks (representing the days she has been incarcerated) under the title.
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* TallyMarksOnThePrisonWall: Invoked with Violetta's ([[spoiler:and later Vince's]]) chapters having tally marks (representing the days she has been incarcerated) since incarceration) under the title.
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* TallyMarksOnThePrisonWall: Invoked with Violetta's ([[spoiler: and ([[spoiler:and later Vince's]]) chapters having tally marks (representing the days she has been incarcerated) under the title.
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* TragicKeepsake: Viv's parents keep her room exactly the way it was the day of her death, with opened drawers and opened red envelopes from Chinese New Year pinned to a corkboard.
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* TragicKeepsake: Viv's parents keep her room exactly the way it was the day of her death, with opened drawers and opened empty red envelopes from Chinese New Year pinned to a corkboard.
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** Vivian's was "Viv".
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** Vivian's was "Viv".Viv.
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* NeverGoingBackToPrison: [[spoiler: After her victim's family rescind their forgiveness, Petra kills herself so that she doesn't have to stay in juvenile detention.]]
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* TallyMarksOnThePrisonWall: Invoked with Violetta's ([[spoiler: and later Vince's]]) chapters having tally marks (representing the days she has been incarcerated) under the title.
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* {{Prison}}: The part of the story from Violetta's point of view takes place in the juvenile detention center where she is currently incarcerated.
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* {{Prison}}: The {{Prison}}:
**The part of the story from Violetta's point of view takes place in the juvenile detention center where she is currentlyincarcerated.incarcerated.
**[[spoiler: Vince is later incarcerated for his drug use.]]
**The part of the story from Violetta's point of view takes place in the juvenile detention center where she is currently
**[[spoiler: Vince is later incarcerated for his drug use.]]
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** Vin/Vince is short for Vincent.
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* ColdBloodedTorture: Letta regards Endurance Trials as a pointless vindictive infliction of pain. Her friend Petra's Trial was to pick trash out of thorny bushes for months, leaving her with constant lacerations all over her arms and hands. She was allowed a jacket in the winter, which helped somewhat, but no gloves.
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* ColdBloodedTorture: Letta ColdBloodedTorture:
**Letta regards Endurance Trials as a pointless vindictive infliction of pain. Her friend Petra's Trial was to pick trash out of thorny bushes for months, leaving her with constant lacerations all over her arms and hands. She was allowed a jacket in the winter, which helped somewhat, but no gloves.
**Serena's Trial is to work in an ammunitions factory, leaving her with plenty of horrible burns from the molten metal.
**Letta regards Endurance Trials as a pointless vindictive infliction of pain. Her friend Petra's Trial was to pick trash out of thorny bushes for months, leaving her with constant lacerations all over her arms and hands. She was allowed a jacket in the winter, which helped somewhat, but no gloves.
**Serena's Trial is to work in an ammunitions factory, leaving her with plenty of horrible burns from the molten metal.
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* TragicKeepsake: Viv's parents keep her room exactly the way it was the day of her death, with opened drawers and opened red envelopes from Chinese New Year pinned to a corkboard.
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* TragicKeepsake: Viv's parents keep her room exactly the way it was the day of her death, with opened drawers and opened red envelopes from Chinese New Year pinned to a corkboard.corkboard.
* TwoferTokenMinority: Vince is Black and gay, while the majority of the cast is straight.
* TwoferTokenMinority: Vince is Black and gay, while the majority of the cast is straight.
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* AccidentalChildKillerBackstory: The protagonist accidentally killed her seven year old sister in a drunk driving accident.
* ChildOfTwoWorlds: Letta and her siblings have a Black father and a Chinese-American mother.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Letta regards Endurance Trials as a pointless vindictive infliction of pain. Her friend Petra's Trial was to pick trash out of thorny bushes for months, leaving her with constant lacerations all over her arms and hands. She was allowed a jacket in the winter, which helped somewhat, but no gloves.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Letta regards Endurance Trials as a pointless vindictive infliction of pain. Her friend Petra's Trial was to pick trash out of thorny bushes for months, leaving her with constant lacerations all over her arms and hands. She was allowed a jacket in the winter, which helped somewhat, but no gloves.
* LaserGuidedKarma: The Comprehension Trials generally are a punishment that relates to the offender's crime. Letta's is [[spoiler: working in a morgue preparing bodies for funerals]] as a punishment for manslaughter.
* {{Prison}}: The part of the story from Violetta's point of view takes place in the juvenile detention center where she is currently incarcerated.
* {{Profiling}}: Implied. Letta notes that the inmate population at a juvenile detention center are mostly black and brown, while the staff are overwhelmingly white.
* {{Profiling}}: Implied. Letta notes that the inmate population at a juvenile detention center are mostly black and brown, while the staff are overwhelmingly white.
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* TallyMarksOnThePrisonWall: Invoked with Violetta's chapters having tally marks (representing the days she has been incarcerated) under the title.title.
* TragicKeepsake: Viv's parents keep her room exactly the way it was the day of her death, with opened drawers and opened red envelopes from Chinese New Year pinned to a corkboard.
* TragicKeepsake: Viv's parents keep her room exactly the way it was the day of her death, with opened drawers and opened red envelopes from Chinese New Year pinned to a corkboard.
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* {{Tagline}}: "How far would you go for forgiveness?"
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* SinsOfOurFathers: Inverted and downplayed. Violetta's parents' car insurance skyrockets because they couldn't prevent their daughter from stealing their car and getting into a fatal accident.
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**Vivian's was "Viv".
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* ThePardon: In future New York, juvenile offenders can have their crimes erased and be released immediately if they manage to convince the victim or victim's family of their guilt and are forgiven. Most can't, and have the choice between juvenile detention which stays on their record forever, or the Trials, which are activities geared to make a young offender feel remorse. While taking part in the Trials, the victim can forgive the offender at any time and are actually given livestreams/recordings of the offender's Trials. They also have a government employee telling them every so often if the offender has had progress.
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* FunctionalAddict: Vince is addicted to some kind of prescription drug, and he is shown to function perfectly fine despite the cravings, even receiving offers from universities because of his track talent.
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* AesopCollateralDamage: The main character's seven year old sister has to die for the main character to learn not to drink and drive.
* BlackSheep: Even before the accident, Violetta felt like her parents favored her siblings because of Violetta's shy nature.
* CrimeOfSelfDefense: Petra was incarcerated for stabbing a man who was trying to rape her because he was the son of the borough's council member. His parents argued that she didn't have to stab him so close to the spine, which left him with permanent disabilities.
* DrunkDriver: Violetta was driving drunk, which caused the accident that killed her sister.
* FunctionalAddict: Vince is addicted to some kind of prescription drug, and he is shown to function perfectly fine despite the cravings, even receiving offers from universities because of his tracktalent.talent.
* KillingInSelfDefense: Petra killed a man who was trying to sexually assault her by stabbing him with a pair of scissors. She was arrested because he was the son of the borough's council member, and his parents argued that she didn't have to stab him so close to the spine, which left him with permanent disabilities.
* NeverGoingBackToPrison: [[spoiler: After her victim's family rescind their forgiveness, Petra kills herself so that she doesn't have to stay in juvenile detention.]]
* SinsOfOurFathers: Inverted and downplayed. Violetta's parents' car insurance skyrockets because they couldn't prevent their daughter from stealing their car and getting into a fatal accident.
* BlackSheep: Even before the accident, Violetta felt like her parents favored her siblings because of Violetta's shy nature.
* CrimeOfSelfDefense: Petra was incarcerated for stabbing a man who was trying to rape her because he was the son of the borough's council member. His parents argued that she didn't have to stab him so close to the spine, which left him with permanent disabilities.
* DrunkDriver: Violetta was driving drunk, which caused the accident that killed her sister.
* FunctionalAddict: Vince is addicted to some kind of prescription drug, and he is shown to function perfectly fine despite the cravings, even receiving offers from universities because of his track
* KillingInSelfDefense: Petra killed a man who was trying to sexually assault her by stabbing him with a pair of scissors. She was arrested because he was the son of the borough's council member, and his parents argued that she didn't have to stab him so close to the spine, which left him with permanent disabilities.
* NeverGoingBackToPrison: [[spoiler: After her victim's family rescind their forgiveness, Petra kills herself so that she doesn't have to stay in juvenile detention.]]
* SinsOfOurFathers: Inverted and downplayed. Violetta's parents' car insurance skyrockets because they couldn't prevent their daughter from stealing their car and getting into a fatal accident.
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''Forgive Me Not'' is a 2023 [[YoungAdultLiterature Young Adult novel]] by Jennifer Baker. It is told in a dual-POV between Violetta and her brother Vince.
After 15 year old Violetta Chen-Samuels accidentally kills her younger sister Vivian, she is given a choice to either take part in the Trials, a form of restorative justice with the type of punishment being determined by the victim's family, or remain in juvenile detention. Naturally, she chooses the Trials, and the only way out is to convince her family of her remorse.
Violetta's older brother Vince is a [[TheAce golden boy]], being scouted by prestigious colleges due to his track talent. After one of his sisters dies and the other is incarcerated, he is forced to determine what he truly wants while working through his grief.
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*AccidentalMurder: While drunk, Violetta told her younger sister Viv that she could ride along with her, and Viv was killed when Violetta swerved. Violetta was charged with manslaughter because she was the one driving recklessly.
*FunctionalAddict: Vince is addicted to some kind of prescription drug, and he is shown to function perfectly fine despite the cravings, even receiving offers from universities because of his track talent.
''Forgive Me Not'' is a 2023 [[YoungAdultLiterature Young Adult novel]] by Jennifer Baker. It is told in a dual-POV between Violetta and her brother Vince.
After 15 year old Violetta Chen-Samuels accidentally kills her younger sister Vivian, she is given a choice to either take part in the Trials, a form of restorative justice with the type of punishment being determined by the victim's family, or remain in juvenile detention. Naturally, she chooses the Trials, and the only way out is to convince her family of her remorse.
Violetta's older brother Vince is a [[TheAce golden boy]], being scouted by prestigious colleges due to his track talent. After one of his sisters dies and the other is incarcerated, he is forced to determine what he truly wants while working through his grief.
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*AccidentalMurder: While drunk, Violetta told her younger sister Viv that she could ride along with her, and Viv was killed when Violetta swerved. Violetta was charged with manslaughter because she was the one driving recklessly.
*FunctionalAddict: Vince is addicted to some kind of prescription drug, and he is shown to function perfectly fine despite the cravings, even receiving offers from universities because of his track talent.
