{"product_id":"girls-like-her-isbn-9780063343283","title":"Girls Like Her","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Golden Kite Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA raw, gripping, authentic, and boldly original novel about a fifteen-year-old Texas girl set to stand trial for murder—and the one person who might be able to help her clear her name.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wealthy businessman is dead, and fifteen-year-old Ruby Monroe is in a Dallas jail awaiting trial for his murder. Ruby has no one she can count on—no one, except her state-appointed caseworker, a woman named Cadence Ware. In Ruby’s experience, that’s not anyone she can trust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCadence is familiar with the cold reality of Ruby’s situation, even before Ruby was arrested. Angry and alone, homeless and hungry, breaking the law just to survive, she is the kind of girl no one wants to listen to, especially not the prosecutor who wants to put her away for life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut no one knows the story—the \u003cem\u003ereal\u003c\/em\u003e story—of what happened the day Ruby met the man who would end up dead. As the layers of truth are peeled away and time is running out, Ruby and Cadence will both have desperate choices to make—choices that could mean the difference between Ruby spending her life in prison or her name being cleared.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold through a collection of letters, meeting notes, news articles, court transcripts, and more, \u003cem\u003eGirls Like Her\u003c\/em\u003e is a riveting and unflinching tale of the truths so often lost in the American justice system, and one girl’s fight to be heard.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"Sumrow add[s] sobering authenticity to this gripping legal drama. A nonlinear timeline and fictionalized materials that foretell a plot twist add interest and suspense to Ruby’s story of falling through the cracks and, unlike so many others, eventually being found.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eGirls Like Her\u003c\/em\u003e is a compelling study of the impossible choices faced by millions of young girls today. In this heartbreaking and hopeful story, Melanie Sumrow reminds us to look and listen to those who need it most.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrandy Colbert, award-winning author of The Blackwoods\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Keeps you guessing until the very last page. Sumrow's brilliantly-conceived novel is a harrowing journey into child sex trafficking and the United States legal system—and a complicated character study in which how someone is perceived is just as consequential as who they are. Masterful.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEliot Schrefer, Printz and Stonewall Honor-winning author of The Darkness Outside Us\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sumrow crafts suspense through a compelling, patchwork narrative that combines fictional press releases, letters, notes, legal memos, and close third-person prose. Skilled pacing transforms a typical ripped-from-the-headlines premise into a nail-biting investigation of financial precarity and child sex trafficking.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Reads like true crime. An eye-opening depiction of the criminal justice system’s treatment of young, vulnerable citizens.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Keep[s] readers hooked with a desire to find out Ruby’s side of the story, and what the verdict of [her] trial will be. For fans of emotionally intense reading, like Ellen Hopkins’s \u003cem\u003eCrank\u003c\/em\u003e and books by Tiffany D. Jackson.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A gut punch.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clarion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890653098213,"sku":"NP9780063343283","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780063343283.jpg?v=1730233773","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/girls-like-her-isbn-9780063343283","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}