A propulsive, gritty novel about a girl marked for death who must fight and steal to stay alive, learning from the most frightening man she knowsβher father.
Eleven-year-old Polly McClusky is shy, too old for the teddy bear she carries with her everywhere, when she is unexpectedly reunited with her father, Nate, fresh out of jail and driving a stolen car. He takes her from the front of her school into a world of robbery, violence, and the constant threat of death. And he does it to save her life.
Nate made dangerous enemies in prisonβa gang called Aryan Steel has put out a bounty on his head, counting on its members on the outside to finish him off. Theyβve already murdered his ex-wife, Pollyβs mother. And Polly is their next target.
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