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School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 2014 | Grades 9 and Up
Gr 9 Up—Michelle was raised by her loving grandfather, while her drug-addicted mother was in and out of her life. But when her grandfather dies, the teen has to live with her mother, and avoid her mother's boyfriend's advances. Jealous of the attention being paid to her daughter, the protagonist's mom kicks her out onto the streets of Philadelphia. Michelle heads to New York City with the last of her money to find an old friend there, whom she ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Kicked out by her addict mother, fourteen-year-old Michelle leaves Philadelphia and winds up in New York City with no money and n...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on June 1, 2015
A compelling, uncompromising novel that shines a light on the underground world of human trafficking and gives voice to the young people trapped inside it. Michelle is an immediately engaging protagonist, and the spare, accessible language evokes both the cold reality of what she has endured and her breathless relief. While hospitalized at the start of the novel, for example, she speaks to a concerned so...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
