Eric Thomas (ISBN-13: 9780593326183 Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group Publication date:, Ages 12-17) Full of emotion, support, and so much love, this is not an easy read, but it is an important one.)
A powerful, beautiful, heartbreaking, and hopeful read about domestic abuse, trauma, escape, healing, and freedom. And as she spends more time outside making things grow and creating good memories with family and friends, she feels her world opening up and blossoming into something new and exciting. Now Lacey can take pleasure in sketching the world as she sees it in her nature journal. Gradually though, his hold on her lessens, and her days become filled with choices she’s never had before. It’s the beginning of a different kind of life for Lacey, and at first she has a hard time letting go of her dad’s rules. But their situation changes suddenly and dramatically the day her grandparents arrive to help them leave. Her dad rarely let her, her little sister, or her mama out of his sight.
This poignant debut novel in verse is a portrait of healing, as a young girl rediscovers life and the soothing power of nature after being freed from her abusive father.įor most of her life, Lacey has been a prisoner without even realizing it. The Road to After by Rebekah Lowell (ISBN-13: 9780593109618 Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group Publication date:, Ages 10-12)
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