{"product_id":"hand-me-down-isbn-9780452298859","title":"Hand Me Down","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003eBest Fiction Book of 2012\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“\u003ci\u003eHand Me Down\u003c\/i\u003e, which recalls the gritty power of Dorothy Allison's \u003ci\u003eBastard Out of Carolina\u003c\/i\u003e, is fiction with the ring of truth.” –\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Jose Mercury News \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFourteen-year-old Elizabeth Reid has spent her life protecting her sister, Jaime, from their parents’ cruel mistakes and broken promises. When their mother chooses her second husband and their new family over raising her firstborn girls, Elizabeth and Jaime are separated and risk losing the shelter of each other. \u003ci\u003eHand Me Down\u003c\/i\u003e indelibly captures a contemporary family journey--how two young people, against incredible odds, forge lives of their own in the face of an uncertain future.“A sad,  compelling read.” -\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Melanie  Thorne's debut novel is raw with emotion as she describes Liz's often futile  efforts to protect her sister and herself from the predator their mother has  invited into their lives. It is often hard to remember that this is, in fact, a  novel and not a memoir… Thorne's novel is an eye-opener… she leaves the reader  haunted by a nagging question: What happens to the children who are not so  lucky?” -\u003ci\u003eAssociated Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Thorne sounds utterly  liberated as she describes the merits of exploring fact through fiction… With  the clear-eyed honesty of a Daniel Woodrell or Bonnie Jo Campbell character, Liz  describes the pain of being a young person among careless, thrill-seeking men  and hardworking, wounded women.” -\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Hand  Me Down,\u003c\/i\u003e which recalls the gritty power of  Dorothy Allison's \u003ci\u003eBastard Out of  Carolina,\u003c\/i\u003e is fiction with the ring of truth.” -\u003ci\u003eSan Jose Mercury News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The  novel’s adolescent perspective is sure to find popularity with YA audiences.” -\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e Melanie Thorne\u003c\/b\u003e earned her MA from University of California-Davis, where she was awarded the Alva Englund Fellowship and the Maurice Prize in Fiction. She lives in northern California.","brand":"Plume","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302362534117,"sku":"NP9780452298859","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780452298859.jpg?v=1767728648","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/hand-me-down-isbn-9780452298859","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}