Blood Wounds
“Willa’s frankly portrayed grief, confusion, and uncertainties will have a strong impact on readers.” –Publishers Weekly, starred review Sixteen-year-old Willa is fortunate to have a happy blended family. But a frantic phone call from Pryor, Texas, shatters the calm. Willa’s birth father has...
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“Willa’s frankly portrayed grief, confusion, and uncertainties will have a strong impact on readers.” –Publishers Weekly, starred review Sixteen-year-old Willa is fortunate to have a happy blended family. But a frantic phone call from Pryor, Texas, shatters the calm. Willa’s birth father has murdered his second wife and daughters . . . and the police think he’s on his way east to hunt down Willa and her mother. As this disturbing tragedy inevitably exposes family secrets to Willa and her community, she struggles with her own destructive secret
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780547855066 (0547855060)
Publish date: September 4th 2012
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Teen,
Realistic Fiction,
Mystery,
Family,
Contemporary,
Sociology,
Thriller,
Death,
Abuse,
Young Adult Contemporary
Check out my full review HERE (:
Entire review on my blog http://onlectus.blogspot.com/2012/08/blood-wounds-by-susan-beth-pfeffer.htmlI’m going to start by saying that Susan Beth Pfeffer is the author of Life as we know it, which I liked; that is why I picked Blood wounds. Unfortunately, I abandoned the book due to the lack of susp...
Blood Wounds is a bone-chilling, suspenseful, keep reader's on the edges of their seat dark and thrilling read. It's rather interesting, that blood can both heal and wound at the same time, and to have Pheffer utilize that in a well developed, carefully crafted, and compelling novel is not only uniq...
Willa lives in a "happy family." Everyone gets along. Everyone loves each other. Everyone works together to keep their super busy lives in order. Willa does her part to keep everyone happy. She doesn't say anything about how she can't take private voice lessons or go on trips to other countries be...
I picked this book up because the summary intrigued me and scared me. It's an interesting idea. Having someone you don't really know completely shatter your life in a few hours? I'll read about it. It's also terrifying because things like that happen in "real life" far too often. I've seen enough La...
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