Seventeen-year-old Christy wants only to finish high school and escape her Flint, Michigan, home, where she cooks, cleans, cares for her niece, and tries to fend off her half-brother, a drug dealer who has been abusing her since she was eleven.
How it feels
MoodBittersweet
How it reads
Character focusSmall ensembleLarge ensemble
Worth knowing
Written forMiddle grade
When and where
ThemesFamily
Content notes
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- Sexual assaultmoderateunreviewed
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