Angels Turn Their Backs

By Buffie, Margaret

Publishers Summary:
Fifteen-year-old Addy panics and runs back to her room, her heart -- pounding. She can't do it. She can't go to school. Addy is afraid afraid of taking even one step out of the house. And it's worse than that. She can't hear people when they're right in front of her, yet she hears voices that no one else can. Addy feels as if she's falling apart. Where can she turn? Her parents have just split up and her one real friend is a thousand miles away. Addy wishes she were back at her old school, but she knows there's no going back. The trouble is, she can't move forward. She can't even leave her room. Angels Turn Their Backs is a compelling, supernatural thriller about a girl whose life is suddenly turned upside down by agoraphobia.

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ISBN
978-1-55074-415-6
Publisher
Kids Can Press


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on November 1, 1998

Gr 7-9 Addy Jarrick, 15, thinks she is going crazy. Her mother has moved the two of them from Toronto to Winnipeg to take a new job, leaving her husband behind. After a horrible day at her new school, the teen develops panic attacks and becomes afraid of the outside world-what she calls "Out There." She continues to find excuses to stay home. She meets the landlord, Harmon; Page and Josh, who live in the building; Sean, Harmon's son; and Victor, a ri...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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