by Charlie Price
Fourteen-year-old Angel wakes up one morning at her desert trailer home to discover her mother has been murdered by a lowlife named Scotty, who has vanished. Angel has no water, no weapon, but she knows that Scotty, an expert tracker and hunter, will surface soon in order to eliminate her as a witness. She has to run, to disappear, if she is to survive and tell the world what happened. Her flight takes her through a harsh landscape to places she never expected to be, forcing her to trust others for the first time and strengthening her in ways she doesn't even anticipate... until it's time to take a stand.
"Both the best and worst of humanity shine through in this gripping novel." - Publishers Weekly
"Relentless, heart-stopping suspense." - Kirkus Reviews
"[I]f suspense is your bag, this is a book to read." - VOYA
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Charlie Price lives in northern California. His previous novel, The Interrogation of Gabriel James, was hailed as "top-notch" by Kirkus Reviews, "surprising" by Booklist, and "gripping" by BCCB, and won the 2011 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery. You can visit him online at: www.charlieprice.info.
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