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Bick, Ilsa J.

Drowning Instinct

346 pp. | Carolrhoda Lab | February, 2012 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7613-7752-8 $17.95
(4) YA Sixteen-year-old Jenna narrates her history (which includes sexual abuse, scarring from a fire, self-harm, and finally a romantic relationship with her married chemistry teacher) to a detective attempting to get to the bottom of her troubled case. Like a train wreck, Jenna's narrative is impossible to look away from, but the never-ending spiral of violence and abuse can at times seem gratuitous.
Reviewer: Norah Piehl

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