false<![CDATA[After]]>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255701300m/6338619.jpg63386196An infant left in the trash to die. A teenage mother who never knew she was pregnant . . .<p> Before That Morning, these were the words most often used to describe straight-A student and star soccer player Devon Davenport: responsible, hardworking, mature. But all that changes when the police find Devon home sick from school as they investigate the case of an abandoned baby. Soon the connection is made—Devon has just given birth; the baby in the trash is hers. After That Morning, there’s only one way to define Devon: attempted murderer.<p> And yet gifted author Amy Efaw does the impossible— she turns Devon into an empathetic character, a girl who was in such deep denial that she refused to believe she was pregnant. Through airtight writing and fast-paced, gripping storytelling, Ms. Efaw takes the reader on Devon’s unforgettable journey toward clarity, acceptance, and redemption.65245511182009Aftertotal:250|5:74|4:109|3:49|2:12|1:7|25097988913656falsefalseThu Apr 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009Fri Apr 24 20:49:38 -0700 2009Sat Apr 25 09:19:40 -0700 20091 (The publisher asked for a review to be posted around the pub date, which is in August, which means I won't get around to it for a while. But here you have a bit of a preview!)
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00falsefalseThu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009Mon Oct 26 16:48:34 -0700 2009Mon Oct 26 16:49:18 -0700 2009 This is another book I learned about on an NPR Weekend Edition show. Devon Davenport was a girl who was considered always to be responsible, mature, a straight A student, a gifted socce...more...]]>
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After tells the tale of a teenage girl jailed after dumping her baby in a trash can. Deep in denial, soccer star, Devon, can barely even admit that she was pregnant at all. She refers to the baby as IT (a tactic that grows a little old throughout the course of the novel) and wants to know when she...more...]]>
40falsefalseThu Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009Sat Sep 26 11:53:59 -0700 2009Sat Sep 26 12:00:00 -0700 2009 Like Thirteen Reasons Why in terms of the sensationalism of suicide, this novel deals with an even more horrifying phenomenon--dumpster babies. Like a despicable story on t...more...]]>
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