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Me & Emma

Elizabeth Flock

2005299 pagesabout 5–7 hours
2005
first published
  • 2005MIRA · 299 pages · ENGISBN 9780778320821
  • 2005Thorndike Press · 423 pages · ENGISBN 9780786277148
  • 2009MIRA · ENGISBN 9781426826092
  • 2006Mira Books · 304 pagesISBN 9780778300847

In many ways, Carrie Parker is like any other eight-year-old—playing make-believe, dreading school, dreaming of faraway places.But even her imagination can't shut out the realities of her impoverished North Carolina home or help her protect her younger sister, Emma.As the big sister, Carrie is determined to do anything to keep Emma safe from a life of neglect and abuse at the hands of their drunken stepfather, Richard—abuse their momma can't seem to see, let alone stop. But after the sisters' plan to run away from home unravels, their world takes a shocking turn—and one shattering moment ultimately reveals a truth that leaves everyone reeling.

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Character focusTwo hander

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Romance levelCentral

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ThemesLove

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