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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2011 | Grades 5-up
Gr 9 Up—Coben's first YA novel starts off with a bang and keeps going strong until the end. Sophomore Mickey Bolitar's happy, globe-trotting family returned to the States so that the teen could complete high school. Then Mickey sees his father killed in an accident and his bereft mother, who has taken to using drugs, enters rehab. Mickey goes to live with his Uncle Myron. On the way to school one morning, he encounters the Bat Lady, an old woman who lives in a dilapidated house, who tells ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
New in town, his father dead, his mother in rehab, Mickey (from Coben's Myron Bolitar series for adults) doesn't see how thing...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
