Summary
Sexually confused 17-year-old Kendra prefers to be called Kenny and is treated like a monster in her small-town high school in Virginia. Her mother is dead and her father is incarcerated, and Kenny lives with a woman she calls her Aunt Glo, her father's ex-girlfriend who has problems of her own, including battling her drug addiction, wrangling her two troubled sons and raising her runaway daughter's child. When Kenny is witness to an accidental murder in a neighbor's home, her mismanaged life spins out of control.
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Critique
Despite incorporating themes like drug use, sexual abuse and gender confusion, Sheri Reynolds has delivered a fine coming-of-age story. Kenny is a smart and likeable heroine whom readers will root for and are not likely to forget. Sweet and sad, yet poignant and hopeful reading. Recommend.
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