Small great things by Jodi picoult

Ruth Jefferson, a labor and delivery nurse, begins a routine checkup on a newborn, only to be told a few minutes later that she's been reassigned to another patient. The parents are white supremacists and don't want Ruth, who is African American, to touch their child. The hospital complies, but the next day, the baby goes into cardiac distress while Ruth is alone in the nursery. Does she obey orders or does she intervene? Ruth hesitates before performing CPR and, as a result, is charged with a serious crime. Kennedy McQuarrie, a white public defender, takes her case, but Kennedy insists that mentioning race in the courtroom is not a winning strategy. Conflicted by Kennedy's counsel, Ruth tries to keep life as normal as possible especially for her teenage son. And as the trial moves forward, Ruth and Kennedy come to see that what they've been taught their whole lives about others- and themselves might be wrong. "A gripping courtroom drama . .. prescient and worthwhile . .. [Jodi Picoult] is a writer who understands her characters inside and out." -The New York Times Book Review