Lazarus and the Hurricane
The Freeing of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
Sam Chaiton, Terry Swinton
Published: 2000
Pages: 344
The Torontonian authors adopted an illiterate black teen from Brooklyn. Lesra, while learning to read, picked up boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter's book "The Sixteenth Round" detailing his unjust imprisonment. Lesra encouraged his adoptive family to seek out Carter in prison and reinvigorate his legal battles to win his freedom.