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Gr 9 Up–When they are in a horrific train wreck on their way from from a doctor's appointment, 16-year-old Scotty has minor physical injuries but suffers from emotional trauma when a classmate dies and her young, autistic brother is in a coma. The classmate, Kris, stayed on past his stop to help her with her brother, and Scotty feels responsible for his loss. Taking on the same tone as Chris Crutcher’s Running Loose (Greenwillow, 1983), this book is written in first...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

At the start of the book, Scotty is an average high school junior living in East Cleveland. She hangs out with friends, makes plans for the homecoming dance, and avoids writing a book report on Anna Karenina. All that changes when she is in a train accident that leaves her younger brother Keone (age seven, autistic) in a coma and her classmate Kris dead. After the...Log In or Sign Up to Read More