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It's hard to be a 13-yr-old girl. But it's even harder when your father's a drunk. It adds an extra layer to everything -- your family's reactions to things, the people you're willing to bring home, the way you see yourself and the world. For Samantha, it's something that's been going on... read more
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Summary edit
This book is about a girl named Sam she has problems with her dad. Sam has been trying to help but it just won't work So Sam sees this girl in the library and starts putting notes in a book for a girl for advice that she does not even know>
Characters/People edit
- Samantha Gwynn: Main character
- A.J.K.: The mysterious person that answer's Sam's notes.
- Patrick: Sam's father
- Angie: Sam's friend
- Tracey: Sam's friend
- Vanessa: Sam's friend
- Luke: Sam's little brother
- Drew: Sam's love interest
- Charlie Parker: Sam's ex-best friend
- Molly Katz: the popular girl who is enemies with Sam
- Tracey Bien-aime: Add a description of this character.
- Sammy
- Jesse
- Danny Harmon
- Marybeth
- Miss Howe
- Ms. Fish
- Faye
- Tom Lombardo
- Jean
- Kyle Faulkner
- Enid
- Jacob Mann
Quotes edit
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“"I want to keep sleeping, but the sun outside my window has other ideas: First blind her. Then jab her eyeballs with scorching-hot daggers."”
Sam -
“"When you see a small change in your life it means its a huge change in personality and your trait"”
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“"Right now,I am my father"”
Sam
- Popular Highlights from Kindle Customers
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It’s a funny thing, friendship. One minute a person is driving you crazy, making you want to shake them, and the next minute you realize what a crappy place the world would be without them in it.
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I think they would run and hide in the closet, afraid that he might start throwing steak knives. I am waiting for something like that to happen myself.
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Dad raising the bottle in the air above Luke’s head. Click, click, click. Bottle cracking against Luke’s face. Click, click, click. Blood. Everywhere.
Highlighted by 3 Kindle customers
First Sentence edit
Well, my father is at it again.
Table of Contents edit
27 short chapters
Series & Lists edit
Authors & Contributors edit
- Natasha Friend (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 192
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 192
Subjects edit
- Books › Children's Books › People & Places › Family Life › Parents › Fiction
- Books › Teens › Social Issues › Drug Use & Abuse › Fiction
- Books › Children's Books › Issues › Drugs
- Books › Children's Books › Literature
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