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Have you read Black-eyed Suzie or The Boy from the Basement?  Both of these books have been really popular with students interested in reading about people with mental health problems.  And now here’s another book by the same author that I think will be added to that category of books.

Tracy is 13 years old and lives with her father who is a teacher.  Her mother died when Tracy was three, so much of her feelings of security center around her home and her father.

Now it’s the last day of school–June 16th–and Tracy is walking home with her friend Caroline like they always do.  She says goodbye to Caroline and continues on to her house when suddenly a junky orange car drives up to her, almost hitting her.  Someone–the older brother of a boy in her class–jumps out, throws her into the car, and takes off.  Then fast forward to a hospital emergency room where she finds out she’s been viciously beaten and raped.

Has what happened on that June 16th changed her forever?  How will she ever feel secure and SAFE again?  Her father and her friends so all the right things but some thoughts and memories are too painful to face.  Read this book and find out how Tracy does the hard work needed to recover from that horrible day.