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313 pp.
| Candlewick |
October, 2013 |
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-5509-9$17.99
(3)
YA
When seventeen-year-old Sadie and her sister, Carla, are caught participating (unintentionally) in a drug deal, Sadie takes the blame to protect her family; her punishment is a six-month sentence in a juvenile corrections facility. The novel is bleak and brutal--which, of course, is the point--making Sadie's loyalty to Carla and resolve to survive all the more powerful.