Nikki Barthelmess
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Santa Barbara, California. Raised by her strict Mexican grandma, Ri Ferǹndez has never been allowed to learn Spanish. She has always been pushed away from the neighborhood they call home and toward her best friend's world of mansions and country clubs in the hopes that it will bring Ri closer to achieving the "American Dream." Her mother disappeared when Ri was young, so when Ri finds an unanswered letter from her mom begging for a visit, Ri decides...
Author
Series
Publisher
Flux
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"When seventeen-year-old Victoria Parker is suddenly placed into foster care, she struggles to find words for the abuse that upended her life"--
When Victoria Parker's father locks her out of the house at 3:00 a.m. one morning, she is dumped into a crowded, chaotic foster home. Now she has to tiptoe around her domineering foster mother, get through senior year at a new school, and somehow salvage her college dreams while keeping her past hidden....
Author
Series
Publisher
Flux
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"As college freshman Victoria Parker moves on with her life after surviving sexual assault by her father and six months in foster care, she realizes she must muster courage to confront her past while staying true to herself." --
College freshman Victoria Parker is trying to move on with her life after surviving sexual assault by her father and six months in foster care. She's focusing on the positives-- attending college, living on her own, repairing...
