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An unforgettable narrative collage told in poems.Keesha has found a safe place to live, and other kids gravitate to her house when they just can't make it on their own. They are Stephie -- pregnant, trying to make the right decisions for herself and those she cares about; Jason -- Stephie's boyfriend, torn between his responsibility to Stephie and the baby and the promise of a college basketball career; Dontay -- in foster care while his parents are in prison, feeling unwanted both inside and outside the system; Carmen -- arrested on a DUI charge, waiting in a juvenile detention center for a judge to hear her case; Harris -- disowned by his father after disclosing that he's gay, living in his car, and taking care of himself; Katie -- angry at her mother's loyalty to an abusive stepfather, losing herself in long hours of work and school. Stretching the boundaries of traditional poetic forms -- sestinas and sonnets -- Helen Frost's extraordinary debut novel for young adults weaves together the stories of these seven teenagers as they courageously struggle to hold their lives together and overcome their difficulties.

"In a surprisingly rigid format, the poems manage to seem spontaneous and still carry the plot easily. With a number of threads to follow, no one character is at the center, but there is great satisfaction in seeing the narrative gradually mesh as the isolation recedes and support is given. Impressive."

Kirkus, 03/15/2003

"Though their situations are rather progammatic--teen pregnancy, sexual and physical abuse, addiction, homophobic parents--the voices are authentic and complex; there is much potential her for sophisticated analysis of both form and content."

Karen Coats, Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, April 2003

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