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Sones, Sonya

The Opposite of Innocent

265 pp. | HarperTeen | September, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-237031-0 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-06-237033-4
(2) YA In a series of free-verse poems full of adolescent yearning, youthful naiveté, and pubescent insecurity, fourteen-year-old Lily chronicles her infatuation with twenty-nine-year-old friend of the family Luke. She also chronicles Luke's infatuation with her, and how he manipulates her, grooms her, and exploits her. An author's note with a list of resources make this valuable for those wrestling with sexual and emotional abuse.
Reviewer: Jonathan Hunt | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2018

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