Pages: 240
Source: Won a copy
from LibraryThing, the review is my own opinion of the book
Gere: Young Adult,
Realistic Fiction
Every now and then I read a book that just tears my heart
open. As a teacher I have had students
who were abused or were homeless. It
seems to be a problem that is growing daily.
Darlene Ryan has crafted a story that we could watch on the news any
night. Maddie comes from an abusive home.
Her step-dad is the abuser and her mother sides with him. I really disliked the mother for this reason.
Maddie decides it would be better if she ran away. Out on the street she meets a boy named
Q. She agrees that they stand a better
chance of surviving on the street if they work together. Things are hard but manageable at first. One day they agree to watch a homeless
couple’s six year old boy. Unfortunately
the parents never come back for him. I
was so angry. I kept wondering how they
could just desert him. Now Maddie has to
try to make them all a family. She wants
to make sure that Dylan doesn’t have the kind of parents she had. Q starts to have some issues that break the
trust that Maddie placed in him. She
finally realizes she can’t do this on her own.
This is a hard story to read yet once started it is hard to put down.
Your heart breaks for all of the kids out there like Maddie. This is definitely a book that I want on my
shelves in my classroom.
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