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F Voi
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Publication
Scholastic Trade (1994), 177 pages
Description
Tish, a teenager who has been enduring abuse from her adoptive stepfather since she was a small child, finally decides she must do something to stop him.
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LibraryThing member mattsya
Tightly written and very self-contained, this one-day-in-a-life draws out both suspence and true emotional terror. Short, and quick to read, this is a good book for all readers, including reluctant readers.
LibraryThing member engpunk77
Found this for a quarter, and it hung out in my office for a few years to be read before putting it on my classroom shelf. There are some Voigt novels that were on my classroom shelf when I moved into that room, so I thought she was a middle school level author. First of all, it's a good thing I
Voigt brings the reader into the mind of a victim of sexual abuse, and it definitely answered a lot of questions I had, mainly, why would a girl put up with it? How can he get away with it? Why on earth wouldn't she tell? I am satisfied with the answers, and I think I have more of an understanding of and therefore more tolerance for the victims.
I loved the ending. I loved the beginning. The middle was just painful. And now I'm wondering....how many of my students are going through this?
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didn't put this on my shelf. I'd get in big trouble, most likely. Voigt brings the reader into the mind of a victim of sexual abuse, and it definitely answered a lot of questions I had, mainly, why would a girl put up with it? How can he get away with it? Why on earth wouldn't she tell? I am satisfied with the answers, and I think I have more of an understanding of and therefore more tolerance for the victims.
I loved the ending. I loved the beginning. The middle was just painful. And now I'm wondering....how many of my students are going through this?
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Pages
177