Dear Martin by Nic Stone is a story about Justyce, an African American high school boy experiencing racial discrimination. He would, in the story, write journals to Martin Luther King about the problems he faces daily. Theme of the novel is hinted throughout the book. Discrimination usually occurs when people misunderstand or underestimate others. Though Justyce is graduating on the top of his class, going to Yale university, he has been running a race that has different obstacles holding him from getting a complete life. As he grew older, all he wanted was to be normal. His actions could result him in bigger consequences. He needs to be careful. In the real world, one wrong move and he could be accused of something he didn’t do. Or worse, death.