Jolene B Perry
Author
Language
English
Description
With her body still recovering from last year's cancer treatments, Leigh Tressman is determined to be independent. Despite the interference from her overprotective brother, physical frustrations, and spiritual dilemmas-- not to mention the ever expanding line of young men ready to fall in love with her-- Leigh discovers what it actually means to stand on her own and learns that love can be found in unexpected but delightful places.
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Lexile measure
HL 530L
Physical Desc
246 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After fifteen years of horrific abuse and neglect by her mother and her mother's boyfriends, Joy struggles to understand and accept a normal life with relatives, at school, and with a boyfriend.