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Analysis Of Prisoner 88 By Leah Pileggi
"Prisoner 88" is a historical fiction book about a 10 year old kid who goes to the Idaho state penitentiary by Leah Pileggi. During his time spent at the penitentiary for manslaughter, he learned to read and write with Margaret. He also "worked the hogs" every single day with Henry. At the end of the novel he was pardoned by the governor and moved in with a foster family. This shows that all the choices you make have repercussions.

Jake living at the penitentiary helped show that all actions have consequences, but if you work hard you can redeem yourself and good things may happen. For example, Jake couldn't read he couldn't originally read letters that his lawyer gave him. He would have never had to have read the letters or need to know
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