Young teen, Madora, is confused, angry, and directionless
after the suicide of her father. Her mother copes with her
own feelings about her husband, and she leaves Madora to
fend for herself. Madora's best friend introduces her to
wild parties, drinking, and drugs. After one night where she
nearly dies, she meets her "angel". Willis, a handsome
Marine medic, promises to take care of her and respect her.
In some ways, he is a great influence initially. Madora
improves her grades and stops with the drugs and drinking.
Because Madora is underage, Willis says he will not sleep
with her either. However,there is something "wrong" with
Willis that Madora's mother and others can sense, but Madora
refuses to look deeper at her friend. It takes newly
orphaned, middle school age, Django to jar her out of the
stupor she has been in for years as she catered to Willis's
wants and whims. Her isolation has left her blind to the
crimes Willis commits and blind to his cruelty. When she
wakes up, she tries to save the girl, Linda...a prisoner
that Willis has kept in a trailer on his property. Rather
than accepting the help Django offers at the home of his
well-off half-brother, she drives off to find her mother.
LITTLE GIRL GONE is a story of a child losing herself in
despair and placing her trust in the wrong person. The path
Madora takes is troubling and downright scary at times. This
deep story will make you think about decisions you have made
in your past and the direction your life could of gone if
you had changed one thing. Finding out how the characters
ended up at the end pushed me through this chilling tale.
Madora was seventeen, headed for trouble with drugs and men,
when Willis rescued her. Fearful of the world and alienated
from family and friends, she ran away with him and for five
years they have lived alone, in near isolation. But after
Willis kidnaps a pregnant teenager and imprisons her in a
trailer behind the house, Madora is torn between her love
for him and her sense of right and wrong. When a pit bull
puppy named Foo brings into Madora's world another
unexpected person--Django Jones, a brilliant but troubled
twelve-year-old boy--she's forced to face the truth of what
her life has become. An intensely emotional and provocative
story, Little Girl Gone explores the secret hopes and fears
that drive good people to do dangerous things . . . and the
courage it takes to make things right.
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