2016 VOYA Top Shelf Fiction Selection
CCBC's Best Books for Kids & Teens (Fall 2016) - Starred Selection

Hope leaves her small town for a fresh start, but her plans are derailed by an online romance and the appearance of her brother.

Hope lives in a small town with nothing to do and nowhere to go. With a drug addict for a brother, she focuses on the only thing that keeps her sane, writing poetry. To escape, she jumps at the chance to attend Ravenhurst Academy as a boarding student. She'll even put up with the clique-ish Ravens if it means making a fresh start.

At first, Ravenhurst is better than Hope could have dreamed. She has a boyfriend and a cool roommate, and she might finally have found a place she can fit in. But can she trust her online boyfriend? And what can she do after her brother shows up at the school gates, desperate for help, and the Ravens turn on her? Trapped and unsure, Hope realizes that if she wants to save her brother, she has to save herself first.

 

This book was recognised in the Best Books for Kids & Teens category by the Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards. It was recognised in the Top Shelf Fiction - Middle School category by the Voya Book Awards.

This book has been graded for interest at 12-15 years.

There are 232 pages in this book. This book was published 2016 by Dundurn Group Ltd .

Colleen Nelson is a teacher and award-winning YA author whose previous novels include Blood Brothers and Sadia . She lives in Winnipeg.