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Overview

In one moment
it is over.
In one moment
it is gone. The morning grows
thin, grey
and our lives-
how they were-
have vanished.
Our lives have
changed when I walk in
on Lizzie
my sister
holding a shotgun. Twelve year old girl Hope's life is turned upside down when her older sister Lizzie becomes an elective mute and is institutionalized after trying to kill herself. Ever since their dad died Hope and Lizzie have relied on each other from a young age. Their mother is a reluctant and unreliable parent at best, who turns tricks to support the family. Throughout the course of this lyrical and heartbreaking narrative readers and Hope discover that the mother is prostituting Lizzie and it's up to Hope to bring the truth to light to save her sister. With raw and haunting writing reminiscent of Ellen Hopkins and Elizabeth Scott, Carol Lynch Williams is a promising new YA voice.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781416997306
  • ISBN-10: 141699730X
  • Publisher: Paula Wiseman Book/Beach Lane Books
  • Publish Date: June 2010
  • Dimensions: 7.36 x 5.6 x 1.53 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.95 pounds
  • Page Count: 496
  • Reading Level: Ages 13-17

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