Lily and Taylor Contributor(s): Moser, Elise (Author) |
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ISBN: 1554983347 ISBN-13: 9781554983346 Publisher: Groundwood Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: September 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Physical & Emotional Abuse (see Also Social Themes - Sexual - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Dating & Relationships |
Dewey: FIC |
Age Level: 14-UP |
Grade Level: 9-UP |
Lexile Measure: 900(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.3" L (0.75 lbs) 192 pages |
Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Price on Product |
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2013 School Library Journal 09/01/2013 pg. 162 Booklist 11/01/2013 pg. 76 Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2013 - Recommended - Better Than Most Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2014 pg. 97 Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2014 pg. 121 - Superior,Well Above Average |
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Publisher Description: After her older sister is murdered in a horrific incident of domestic abuse, Taylor begins a new life in a new town. She meets Lily, whose open, warm manner conceals a difficult personal life of her own, coping with her brain-injured mother. The two girls embark on a tentative friendship. But just when life seems to be smoothing out, Taylor's abusive boyfriend, Devon, arrives on the scene, and before they know it, the girls find themselves in a situation that is both scary, and incredibly dangerous. Abetted by Conor, a friend who owes him a favor, Devon takes the girls to a remote cabin. There is no heat, no food, no water. There is a hunting rifle, which Devon uses to intimidate the others. As he becomes increasingly agitated, and Conor threatens to bail, the girls engage in a silent battle of their own. Lily wants to escape, while Taylor feels hopelessly trapped by her relationship with Devon and uses sex and flattery to try to keep the situation calm. The cabin becomes a pressure cooker, filled with tension as the four teenagers wrestle with their anger, fear, resentment and boredom -- any one of which could tip the situation into disaster. From the opening moments when Taylor witnesses her sister's autopsy to the final cathartic scene after the two girls have survived their ordeal, the reader is glued to every page of this frank, gripping and beautifully written novel that raises questions for every teenager. Do you need to be a certain way to get a boyfriend? Can someone who loves you also hurt you? How can a million small compromises eat away at who you are? What happens when you don't think you deserve to be treated well? How do you end up in an abusive relationship, and what keeps you there? Elise Moser goes deeply into the hearts and minds of Lily and Taylor, who in the end save each other in unexpected ways. |
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