After
By Amy Efaw
(Viking Childrens Books, Google eBook, RDbc9ObBXO4C)
Publication Date: August 2009
Other Editions of This Title: Paperback, Compact Disc, Hardcover
Categories: Social Issues - Pregnancy, Law & Crime
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Selected by Indie Booksellers for the Autumn 2009 Kids' Indie Next ListBefore That Morning, these were the words most often used to describe straight-A student and star soccer player Devon Davenport: responsible, hardworking, mature. But all that changes when the police find Devon home sick from school as they investigate the case of an abandoned baby. Soon the connection is made?Devon has just given birth; the baby in the trash is hers. After That Morning, there?s only one way to define Devon: attempted murderer.
And yet gifted author Amy Efaw does the impossible? she turns Devon into an empathetic character, a girl who was in such deep denial that she refused to believe she was pregnant. Through airtight writing and fast-paced, gripping storytelling, Ms. Efaw takes the reader on Devon?s unforgettable journey toward clarity, acceptance, and redemption.
Amy Efaw, a former Army officer and freelance journalist, lives with her family in Denver, Colorado. This is her second novel.
The protagonist of After, Amy Efaw's new novel for young adults, is a 15-year-old straight-A student and Olympic hopeful who winds up in jail, charged with trying to murder her newborn baby. More at NPR.org
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