Melissa doesn't consider herself abused—Rudy only hits her occasionally when he's drinking—until she realizes the effect his abuse is having on their child. Finally Melissa leaves Rudy, and she and Cheyenne go to the shelter for battered women. As difficulties with group living arise, however, she misses the good times with Rudy. The clarity of Melissa's decision soon fades, and she finds herself again in a dangerous situation, more trapped than ever before.

Marilyn Reynolds has decades of experience working with at-risk students in California alternative schools. She is the author of the True-to-Life from Hamilton High series.

Childrens: Fiction
Age Range: 12 and UP
192 pages, Trade Paper, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
Distribution Rights: WOR
$8.95 (CAN $12.95)
9781885356277 (1885356277)

Pub Date: December 1997

Morning Glory Press