A devastatingly honest, age-appropriate account of events that no child should have to endure. Sisters Della, 10, and Suki, 16, are put in foster care after escaping a sexually abusive home. Della’s story slowly reveals itself as she copes with a new school, a new foster home and her sister’s night terrors and moods. Betrayed by their now incarcerated mother who took them to a motel to cook meth. Betrayed by the boyfriend who gave them a place to live but left them for days while on the road. Readers will understand the girls’ reluctance to trust new friends, their new foster mother, and the other adults in their lives. This intense book has a powerful, hopeful resolution, but a trusted adult will help readers understand what’s going on.
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