Smoke

Hopkins, Ellen

ISBN 10: 144236808X ISBN 13: 9781442368088

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio, 2013

Synopsis

Pattyn’s father is dead. Now she’s on the run in this riveting companion to New York Times bestseller Burned, which Kirkus Reviews calls “a strong, painful, and tender piece about wresting hope from the depths of despair.”

Pattyn Von Stratten’s father is dead, and Pattyn is on the run. After far too many years of abuse at the hands of her father, and after the tragic loss of her beloved Ethan and their unborn child, Pattyn is desperate for peace. Only her sister Jackie knows what happened that fatal night, but she is stuck at home with their mother, who clings to normalcy by allowing the truth to be covered up by their domineering community leaders. Her father might be finally gone, but without Pattyn, Jackie is desperately isolated.

Alone and in disguise, Pattyn starts a new life as a migrant worker on a California ranch. But is it even possible to rebuild a life when everything you’ve known has burned to ash and lies seem far safer than the truth?

Bestselling author Ellen Hopkins continues the riveting story of Pattyn Von Stratten she began in Burned to explore what it takes to rise from the ashes, put ghosts to rest, and step into a future.

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About the Author

Ellen Hopkins is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of fourteen young adult novels, as well as the adult novels Triangles, Collateral, and Love Lies Beneath. She lives with her family in Carson City, Nevada, where she has founded Ventana Sierra, a nonprofit youth housing and resource initiative. Visit her at EllenHopkins.com and on Facebook, and follow her on Twitter at @EllenHopkinsLit.

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Smoke Pattyn Scarlet Von Stratten

Some Things

You can’t take back, no

matter how much you wish

you could. No matter how

hard you pray to

some

all-powerful miracle maker.

Some supposed God of Love.

One you struggle to believe

exists, because if he did,

things

wouldn’t be so out of control,

and you wouldn’t be sucked dry

of love and left to be crushed

like old brittle bones that

are

easily ground into dust.

Hindsight is useless

when looking back over

your shoulder at deeds

irreversible.

Edition details

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 144236808X
• ISBN 13: 9781442368088
• Binding: Audio CD
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 560