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St. Martin's Press
September 2011
On Sale: August 30, 2011
224 pages
ISBN: 0312668325
EAN: 9780312668327
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Young Adult Contemporary
Everybody knows, nobody’s talking. . . .Seventeen-year-old
Skylar Thompson is being questioned by the police. Her
boyfriend, Jimmy, stands accused of brutally assaulting two
young El Salvadoran immigrants from a neighboring town, and
she’s the prime witness. Skylar is keeping quiet about what
she’s seen, but how long can she keep it up? But Jimmy was
her savior. . . .When her mother died, he was the only
person who made her feel safe, protected from the world. But
when she begins to appreciate the enormity of what has
happened, especially when Carlos Cortez, one of the victims,
steps up to demand justice, she starts to have second
thoughts about protecting Jimmy. Jimmy’s accomplice, Sean,
is facing his own moral quandary. He’s out on bail and has
been offered a plea in exchange for testifying against
Jimmy. The truth must be told. . . .Sean must decide whether
or not to turn on his friend in order to save himself. But
most important, both he and Skylar need to figure out why
they would follow someone like Jimmy in the first place.
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