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Gr 4–6—Nora and Lizzie have grown up in Wolf Creek, a small town where Nora's father is superintendent of the maximum security prison. Elidee, one of only two African American students at Wolf Creek Middle School, recently moved there to be closer to her brother who is incarcerated in Wolf Creek Correctional Facility. When two inmates escape, tensions begin to rise. The story is told through letters and other documents by the three girls. Nora reports on the breakout, Lizzie parodies these reports, and Elidee writes poetry inspired by Jacquel...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In the sleepy town of Wolf Creek, New York, the nearby prison population outnumbers the town's residents, many of whom are employed at the prison. When two inmates escape partway through the book, it sets the community on edge and creates a rift between middle-school BFFs Nora, whose father is superintendent of the prison, and Lizzie, whose grandmother has been accused of a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More