Sorry about overloading the blogosphere with posts from ME but I haven’t been able to get on for a while and I’m OCD so I feel like I can’t put these books away until I blog about them! lol I really need professional help, I know!
Published by: Harcourt Inc.
I purchased this book at St. Louis’s largest book fair just the other day. I usually don’t get around to reading new books for a very long time because I have a list of books I need to finish in my lifetime. HOWEVER, I’ve spent the last 2 days in the hot sun, at a baseball field, just waiting for news that a good friends son was chosen for the minor leagues. I needed a quick read. At first, I didn’t notice that this was a young adult genre book. Apparently, this is the genre for me because I’m LOVING the stray YA books I’ve chosen! I can tell you too that Han Nolan is going to be one of my new favorite writers 🙂 Can you tell that this was a favorite?
From the back cover:
“She has no last name. She has no real home. But she has a dream…
Janie… Leshaya… whatever she’s called… she’s a survivor. Rescued from the brink of death, this child of a heroin addict has seen it all: revolving foster homes, physical abuse, and unwanted pregnancy. Now her childhood is coming to an end, and she is determined to make a life for herself by doing the only thing that makes her feel whole… singing.
Can this girl, born to a life of hardship, find the strength and courage to break away from her past and become the legend that she is meant to be?”
I guess I’d have to say that this book resonates with me so much because The lead character feels NOTHING and has something diagnosed as “Attachment Disorder”, which basically means she’s got no conscience. I recognized my stepdaughter throughout this book. This was a personal journey to me. I have a hard time understanding people who can’t FEEL and this took me deep into the mind of an abused child and explained WHY this happens. It made me sad, and so mad at times that I wanted to reach in and shake this girl. It’s written in “first person” and in a language better known as “wigga” – basically a white girl who wants to be black. At first, being the white girl that I am, it was hard for me to understand the language but I quickly caught on. lol
I finished this one in a day and a half and I want to know more about what happened to Leshaya… it’s THAT good.
And That's All She Wrote! 