CONTENT NOTIFICATIONS
Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Drug Use/Abuse,Sexual Content: Strong Sexual Content/Themes,Violence: Domestic/Physical Abuse
My Book of Life by Angel
By Martine Leavitt
Edition
By Martine Leavitt
Hardcover edition
Publisher Macmillan Imprint Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN9780374351236
Awards and Honors Horn Book Fanfare 2012, Fiction; Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Books of 2012; Booklist Editors’ Choice Books for Youth, 2012: Fiction, Older Readers; 2012 L. A. Times Book Prize Finalist, Young Adult Literature; YALSA 2013 Best Fiction for Young Adults; IRA Notable Books for a Global Society 2013, Realistic FictionMy Book of Life by Angel
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SKU
9780374351236J
Angel, sixteen, has been forced into prostitution. When her pimp brings home an eleven-year-old girl, Angel is determined to save her from the same fate. Author's note. List of women missing from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
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