The focus throughout, rightly, is on the aftermath of abuse, the content accessible to middle-grade readers but not graphically conveyed.
As Suki unravels, Francine’s urgent requests to arrange counseling for the girls go unheeded, with near-catastrophic results. (She’s punished but undeterred.) Suki appears to thrive until she learns her “permanency plan” to achieve independence at 18 and gain custody of Della is unworkable. Her friends have been taught to ignore boys’ physical bullying, so they’re shocked when Della fights back at school. Far behind academically, Della’s advanced in reading predatory behavior. (He’s now in jail awaiting trial thanks to Suki’s quick thinking.) With their plainspoken foster mother, Francine, providing needed stability, Suki, 16, lands a part-time job, and Della makes friends.
For five years after the meth-cooking incident that got her incarcerated in a Kansas penitentiary, the girls lived with her predatory boyfriend, Clifton. Her beloved older sister has always kept Della safe now that both are secure in foster care, why is Suki pushing her away?ĭella, 10, barely remembers their mom.
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