Sixteen-year-old Jessica, living in rural New Brunswick, places a personal ad in the newspaper for her father, a philandering drug-dealer who has run out on the family. Across the country seventeen-year-old Sween, who has family problems of his own, sees the ad and writes back, starting a correspondence that eventually leads to an unsettling meeting.
How it feels
MoodBittersweet
Worth knowing
Written forMiddle grade
When and where
ThemesFriendship
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