A brother and sister cope with loss and traumaтАФand fight to keep whatтАЩs left of their family togetherтАФin a тАЬcompellingтАЭ novel by a Newbery Honor Medal winner.
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Jenna and Jeremy knew their parentsтАЩ marriage was in trouble. That was pretty obvious. But no one who knew the family could have predicted what would come next. One afternoon, Jenna and Jeremy are pulled from class and given horrifying news: their father, a college psychologist, has just shot their mother to death on a public street.
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Now, Mom is dead, Dad is in jail, and a fifth-grade boy and his fourteen-year-old sister have a lot to reconcile. Not only grief, anger, confusion, and guiltтАФbut their dadтАЩs motive, the secrets in their motherтАЩs diary, and shifting loyalties that are driving Jenna and Jeremy even further apart. With their fragile new lives in free fall, and their father about to stand trial, theyтАЩre now going to have to confront the unimaginable.
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From an author who has been a finalist for the National Book Award, among numerous other honors, this is тАЬa compelling story suffused with raw and honest emotionтАЭ (Kirkus Reviews) and тАЬa taut psychological mysteryтАЭ (Publishers Weekly).