You’ll recognize some of the elements that made The War That Saved My Life so memorable. Pros: This book is tough to read, but I couldn’t put it down and read it in less than a day. Della decides the wolf is her favorite animal, and as the days with Francine go by, she learns to be strong like the wolf, but also to lean on the strengths of the rest of her pack. And when Suki finally finds her pain unbearable, doctors and therapists are available to help her. A girl named Nevaeh reaches out to Della and becomes a friend. Francine turns out to be an unlikely, no-nonsense heroine. The unremittingly grim trajectory of their lives, though, begins to change. And how, slowly, Della realizes with horror what has been happening to Suki for years. It’s not until many pages later that the reader learns how Clifton, the mother’s boyfriend that the girls ended up living with, tried to molest Della. But, Della continues, that’s not the hard part of the story. Early on, Della tells how her mother got sent to jail several years before for setting fire to a hotel room while cooking meth with both girls in the hotel with her. It’s pretty clear from page 1 that some horrible things have happened to them. Summary: Della and her older sister Suki have just been placed in foster care with Francine. Published by Dial Books (Released August 11)
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