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200 pp.
| Putnam |
May, 2002 |
TradeISBN 0-399-23390-3$$16.99
(2)
4-6
Twelve-year-old Casey is left to fend for herself when her stepmother runs off with a no-good boyfriend. Scared, lonely, and desperate for money, Casey lets teenage neighbor Paulie talk her into helping him rob an elderly woman. Short chapters suit the novel's apprehensive mood, and Couloumbis quickly sketches in character and situation in this gripping story.