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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2012 | Grades 5-up
Gr 7 Up—Angel's life is a nightmare. Her mother drinks and does drugs and her mother's boyfriend, Scotty, sexually abuses her. One morning after a night of hiding from him in the desert, Angel returns home to find that he has killed her mother and has been waiting so he can murder her, too. Angel barely escapes, but since Scotty is an expert tracker, the hunt has only just begun. During he...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
Angel is used to relying on no one. But when her mother is murdered by her boyfriend--who then comes after Angel-...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on March 1, 2012
Charlie Price’s terse writing, combined with his hunter-vs.-hunted premise, makes Desert Angel an exercise in heart-stopping suspense. Every second counts as Angel is on the run from her mother’s ex, Scotty. Every choice is life or death. Readers are thrown headlong into the story. After a night spent outside, avoiding y...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
