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A powerful coming-of-age story about a girl whose encounters with loss, broken friendships, and newfound faith leave her forever changed, from Printz Honor winner and Morris Award Finalist Jessie Ann FoleyWhen Wendy Boychucks father, a Chicago cop, was escorted from their property in handcuffs, she knew her life would never be the same. Her father gets a years-long jail sentence, her family falls on hard times, and the whispers around their neighborhood are impossible to ignore. If that wasnt bad enough, she gets jumped walking home from a party one night. Wendy quickly realizes that in order to survive her fathers reputation, shell have to make one for herself. Then Wendy meets Kenzie Quintana - a foul-mouthed, Catholic uniform-skirt-hiking alpha - and she knows immediately that shes found her savior. Kenzie can provide Wendy with the kind of armor a girl needs when shes trying to outrun her fathers past. Add two more mean girls to the mix - Sapphire and Emily - and Wendy has found herself in Academy of the Sacred Hearts most feared and revered clique. Makeover complete. But complete is far from what Wendy feels. Instead, she faces the highs and lows of a toxic friendship, the exhaustion that comes with keeping up appearances, and a shattering loss - the only one that could hurt more than losing herself.
About the Author
Jessie Ann Foley is the award-winning author of the young adult novels THE CARNIVAL AT BRAY, NEIGHBORHOOD GIRLS, SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS, and YOU KNOW I'M NO GOOD. She is the recipient of a Printz honor, a William C. Morris Award finalist, and many other awards. Her books have been named to best-of-the-year lists by Kirkus Reviews, YALSA, Booklist, New York Public Library, and many other organizations, and appear on required reading lists in high schools across the United States. Jessie spent ten years as a high school English teacher before becoming a full-time author. She is also a Diet Coke enthusiast, mom of three, and lifelong Chicagoan. You can visit her on Instagram at @jessieannfoley.
