You Against Me
by:
Jenny Downham (author)
If someone hurts your sister and you're any kind of man, you seek revenge.If your brother's accused of a terrible crime but says he didn't do it, you defend him.When Mikey's sister claims a boy assaulted her, his world begins to fall apart. When Ellie's brother is charged with the offense, her...
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If someone hurts your sister and you're any kind of man, you seek revenge.If your brother's accused of a terrible crime but says he didn't do it, you defend him.When Mikey's sister claims a boy assaulted her, his world begins to fall apart. When Ellie's brother is charged with the offense, her world begins to unravel. When Mikey and Ellie meet, two worlds collide.This is a brave and unflinching novel from the bestselling author of Before I Die. It's a book about loyalty and the choices that come with it. But above all, it's a book about love.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780385751605 (0385751605)
ASIN: 0385751605
Publish date: 2011-09-13
Publisher: David Fickling Books
Pages no: 416
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Teen,
Realistic Fiction,
Romance,
Mystery,
Family,
Contemporary,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Young Adult Contemporary,
Fiction
The tag line on my book probably says it all: "You want this to be a love story?" I did, I really did - despite how harsh it all sounded. Two families destroyed because of sexual assault and the struggle to accept the truth - finding the strength to speak out or to defend your family...but there was...
Also appears on The Screaming Nitpicker.Because of its premise, You Against Me had an abnormally high level of disaster potential. It can take a few small steps to turn a good book into a bad one, but books with higher disaster potential require even fewer steps to go beyond bad and become vile. I d...