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Kathleen Jeffrie Johnson

2003175 pagesabout 3–4 hours
2003
first published
  • 2003Roaring Brook Press · ENGISBN 9780761327905
  • 2003Roaring Brook Press · 175 pages · ENGISBN 9780761319320
  • 2005Laurel Leaf · 175 pages · ENGISBN 9780440239109
  • 2005Tandem Library · ENGISBN 9781417712847

---------- While walking home from school after a concert, 16 year old Grady West is abducted, beaten and repeatedly raped by two men. Grady is let go and now has to deal with the trauma of his rape. His parents enroll him into a new school where two kids are determined to get through to Grady because has distanced himself from everyone.

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Written forMiddle grade

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  • Racismmoderateunreviewed
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