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182 pp.
| Penguin/Paulsen |
February, 2012 |
TradeISBN 978-0-399-25250-1$16.99
(2)
YA
Two years after Hurricane Katrina takes Laurel's mother and grandmother, she, her father, and brother move to Iowa, where she finds new friends and a boyfriend--and meth. Laurel's descent into addiction is brutally honest and narrated in her lilting, Southern cadence. Linking the large-scale tragedies of Katrina and drug addiction, the novel tells an intimate and compelling story of survival.
Reviewer: Lauren Adams
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2012