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Violence
Barely any
No significant violence; the aftermath of a fatal car accident
Language
Some
Some strong language in the contemporary YA register
Sexual Content
Barely any
Age-appropriate romantic content
Substance Use
A lot
Heroin addiction is the central subject; the drug's effects are depicted honestly
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The psychological weight of a family refusing to talk about what happened — and Emory's isolation within that silence — is the novel's emotional core
What this book is about
Kathleen Glasgow's YA novel follows Emory Ward, whose older brother Joey survived a car accident that killed a classmate, his heroin addiction finally visible to everyone. The novel deals honestly with the ripple effects of opioid addiction on a family — the shame, the denial, the way Emory is expected to perform normalcy. Glasgow writes about substance abuse with the same unflinching empathy she brought to Girl in Pieces. For mature YA readers.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Heroin addiction as central subject
Family trauma and denial
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