Language: G (0 swears 0 ‘f’); Mature Content:PG (talk of creepy guys, mother works in a strip club, effects of adult drug use) Violence: PG13 (child abuse, assault, bloody injury, scary drug dealers)
BUYING ADVISORY: MS, HS - ADVISABLE
APPEALS TO: SEVERAL
13yo Harmony has been placed in foster care several times; her mom can’t keep it together, she dates creepy men, is an alcoholic and she has a drug habit. But she’s still Harmony’s mom, and home is best, right? But Harmony finds herself taking care of her mom, so who is taking care of Harmony?
I’ve read several of Eric Walter’s short Orca Soundings, and it was exciting to read a full length novel. It was so good! Harmony is a great character, smart and spunky but vulnerable and scared. I wanted to help her but knew I couldn’t. Can't help but wonder how many of my students face troubles similar to Harmony’s. Harmony and her mother default white.
Lisa Librarian
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