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Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2011
When Sam locks eyes with Emily, who is singing an off-key rendition of the Jackson Five's "I'll Be There" in church, both seventeen-year-olds feel an instant connection. Emily has a comfortable life as the daughter of middle-class parents, while Sam had to stop attending school in the second grade and is abused by his mentally unstable father, Clarence. But this isn't your average girl-falls-for-boy-from-the-wrong-side-of-the-tracks plot. When Clarence finds out that Sam an...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
