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311 pp.
| Scholastic/Push |
October, 2006 |
TradeISBN 0-439-83879-7$16.99
(1)
YA
Fifteen-year-old Tyrell has a lot on his plate: his father is in jail and his family is parked in a sordid motel. Booth grounds her story in Tyrell's tough-talking but vulnerable voice. Despite the grim setting evoked by the sensory prose, this isn't a story of violence and drugs; rather, it concerns the more intimate deprivations (and moments of connection) of living poor.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2007