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Matt is writing a letter to his youngest sister Emmy, telling her about what they all went through being raised by their abusive mother Nikki. Nikki doesn't beat them (much) or starve them, but she does leave them alone for days at a time and is emotionally abusive. Matt is used to dealing with Nikki, until he meets Murdoch, who stands up to an abusive parent in a store while Matt watches. He later decides to track Murdoch down, but Nikki beats him to the punch and ends up dating Murdoch. Even a
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A tense and well-told story of a 14 year old kid looking for someone willing to help him and his sisters escape their abusive mother. I was struck by how difficult it was for Matthew to convince a responsible adult to act, and saddened to think that this must be the case for many kids in real life.
This is a powerful book recommended for ages 14 and up.
This is a powerful book recommended for ages 14 and up.
This was....interesting. I don't object to the content, or to the understated way Nikki's behavior is revealed. It's just that the prose and the language read as spectacularly dated, and I thought maybe it wasn't supposed to be contemporary, until cell phones happened. I guess I was just underwhelmed.
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A very tense read; I could not have kept going except that the narrator accounted for in the present everyone I cared about from his harrowing past. Made me want to have babies to protect.
Dysfunction at its most dysfunctional.
very good! Listened to the audiobook.
Dec 16, 2007
Meg
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Kerry (The Roaming Librarian) O'Donnell
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