Language: PG-13 (35 swears, 0 “f”); Mature Content: G; Violence: G
BUYING ADVISORY: MS, HS - ADVISABLE
APPEALS TO: SEVERAL
15yo Reed does all that he can to keep it together. After his Dad dies, his mother has only barely kept it together, especially in light of his 10yo sister Beatrice dealing with life-long spinal muscular atrophy and all of its related issues. Then Mom disappears with a new boyfriend and Reed has no one to help him with Beatrice AND no money, either. Reed tries increasingly risky schemes to bring in some cash so that he and Beatrice can eat, pay the rent, survive. And he pulls Helena Shaw, who used to be his best friend, into his schemes. He doesn’t trust Helena, not only is she a very uptight student body president, but he feels betrayed by her from long ago.
This is another book where the main character is only 15, but what he is involved in feels more 17-ish. The cover and title does it no justice - they give no clue to the disaster in the making that awaits inside. I will have to find that one student willing to read it who will then tell others about it.
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS
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