A jaw-dropping final twist gives way to a surprising, satisfying conclusion to this tense, clever thriller. Eleven-year old Leah Nevins is nota fan of change. Scarlett is determined to hang on to her newfound happiness, but at what cost? Writing from Scarlett’s perspective, Panitch ( Damage Done) tells a harrowing story of captivity, survival, and the pursuit of hope readers’ hearts will break as Scarlett tries to find her place in a world that left her behind. From author Amanda Panitch comes a hilarious middle-grade novel with a magical realism twist about a girl, a golem, and her ailing grandfather, perfect for fans of The Fourteenth Goldfish. When another employee goes missing and an oddly familiar coworker says things that Scarlett remembers from her awful past, she’s terrified anew. Settling in back home has been hard, but Scarlett’s new job is fun, and she’s smitten with her coworker Connor. On the family level, Leah struggles to keep the family together, to prevent things from changing within her extended family dynamics, and to help her aging grandfather retain his own personal freedom and independent lifestyle, even in light of his rapidly increasing dementia. When she was eight, she was kidnapped and held for years in a basement before she escaped, finding her way home to her father and younger siblings, Melody and Matthew. Seventeen-year-old Scarlett Contreras is excited about her first summer job at Five Banners Adventure World-she’s a huge fan of the Skywoman comics that are also the theme of the park.
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