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Pretty bad things

C. J. Skuse

2011
2011
first published
  • 2011Scholastic, Incorporated · ENGISBN 9780545389020
  • 2014Chicken House, The · ENGISBN 9781909489226

When they were six years old, twins Beau and Paisley were famous for surviving on their own after their mother died of a drug overdose, and now, at sixteen, they escape from their abusive grandmother to look for their father, who is out of prison and, unbeknownst to them, has been writing them letters since he was put away.

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