From New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Young comes a “ tremendously moving” (Booklist) novel about a girl struggling to deal with anger issues while taking care of her younger brother with special needs.
“ Anger-management issues. ”
That’ s how they classified Savannah Sutton after she drove a pencil into her ex-boyfriend’ s hand because he mocked her little brother, Evan, for being disabled. That’ s why they sent her to Brooks Academy— an alternative high school that’ s used as a temporary detention center.
The days at Brooks are miserable, but at home, life is far more bleak. Savvy’ s struggling to take care of her brother since her mom left years ago, and her alcoholic dad can’ t be bothered. Life with Evan is a constant challenge, but he’ s also the most important person in the world to Savvy.
Then there’ s Cameron, a new student at Brooks with issues of his own; a guy from a perfect family that Savvy thought only existed on TV. Cameron seems determined to break through every one of the walls Savvy’ s built around herself, except if she lets herself trust him, it could make everything she’ s worked so hard for fall apart in an instant.
And with her aunt seeking custody of her brother and her ex-boyfriend seeking revenge, Savvy’ s fighting to hold all the pieces together. But she’ s not sure how much tighter she can be pulled before she breaks completely.
