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Anonymity
She's not just a random homeless girl. Lorelei is street smart, elusive and manipulative. She's a survivor, always on the move. Always one step ahead of the danger in her past.
Emily's a hard-partying bartender in downtown Austin with problems of her own. When she meets a handsome reporter looking for a photographer, Emily volunteers her camera skills. As she follows him into the sordid world of gutter punks, Emily finds an unexpected friendship that will redefine her life.
But Emily realizes too late that each of her attempts to help only puts her new friend in ever increasing peril. Can she unravel the mystery of Lorelei's past and find a way to protect her? Or would the girl be better off unknown and on her own?
Anonymity is a gritty, harrowing account of young people who live life on the edge when all they really want is a safe place to call home.
Emily's a hard-partying bartender in downtown Austin with problems of her own. When she meets a handsome reporter looking for a photographer, Emily volunteers her camera skills. As she follows him into the sordid world of gutter punks, Emily finds an unexpected friendship that will redefine her life.
But Emily realizes too late that each of her attempts to help only puts her new friend in ever increasing peril. Can she unravel the mystery of Lorelei's past and find a way to protect her? Or would the girl be better off unknown and on her own?
Anonymity is a gritty, harrowing account of young people who live life on the edge when all they really want is a safe place to call home.
- GenresYoung AdultDrama
240 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2012
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Janna McMahan
8 books38 followersNational bestselling author, Janna McMahan, is known for gritty truth telling and storylines filled with moral complexities. Often set in lush Southern landscapes, her prickly domestic dramas read like thrillers populated with messy and complicated characters.
“I've always written about touchy parts of life, experiences painfully close to the bone. People have a need to relate to a character's psychological imperative," McMahan said. "Nobody wants to read about perfect people without problems. Readers want failures, challenges, suffering, bravery and sacrifice. Story lies in the sore spots.”
McMahan’s novels have been chosen as a “Need to Read” selection for Target stores nationwide and nominated for the SIBA book award and the Kentucky Literary Award. Her short story collection was a finalist for the Flannery O’Connor Fiction Award and her novella was part of an anthology selected for the New York Times, Publishers Weekly and USA Today’s bestseller lists. She’s won a number of short fiction awards and her stories and personal essays have been widely published.
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“I've always written about touchy parts of life, experiences painfully close to the bone. People have a need to relate to a character's psychological imperative," McMahan said. "Nobody wants to read about perfect people without problems. Readers want failures, challenges, suffering, bravery and sacrifice. Story lies in the sore spots.”
McMahan’s novels have been chosen as a “Need to Read” selection for Target stores nationwide and nominated for the SIBA book award and the Kentucky Literary Award. Her short story collection was a finalist for the Flannery O’Connor Fiction Award and her novella was part of an anthology selected for the New York Times, Publishers Weekly and USA Today’s bestseller lists. She’s won a number of short fiction awards and her stories and personal essays have been widely published.
Instagram: @jannamcmahan
www.facebook.com/jannamcmahan
Twitter: @jannamcmahan
www.JannaMcMahan.com
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February 19, 2013
Janna McMahan tells a deep, rich story about teenage homelessness. Her research is amazing as she takes you down into the world of teens who are daring and scared, strong yet fragile, afraid to come back to society due to an intense distrust that anyone cares. Mainstream crosses with this underground civilization when a storm shakes everyone's world, tossing them together. The smallest decisions and simplest choices ripple across this society, and from the comfort of our homes we are allowed to taste what it's like to be young, cast aside, and too vulnerable to let anyone in. Ms. McMahon writes beautifully about a nasty side of life . . . frankly, she writes beautifully period. Marvelous writing. Enjoyable book.
September 21, 2013
This was a well-written, engaging, book, and it is obvious the author put in a lot of research before writing. Being familiar with homeless populations, I can attest that the book accurately represents facets of the lifestyles of homeless youth.
Emily, a bartender who decides to take her photography hobby to a professional level, reminds me of Ayn Rand’s Dagny, because of Emily's pursuit of humanistic pleasure. Just like Dagny, Emily seems willing to hop in the sack with just about anybody—although I doubt the author ascribes to Ayn Rand’s economic philosophy. Emily joins up with a reporter, who wants her to photograph the homeless. This is where Emily gets taken in by the plight of the homeless teens and meets Lorelei.
There is a girl-girl kissing scene. The scene itself is tame and is explained later, but the lead-up feels like it was written by a thirteen-year-old boy. This is why I mentioned the author of Atlas Shrugged—I make the comparison between this book and Atlas Shrugged only because this book is also a serious novel that is interrupted by random love scenes—scenes that feel as if they were ripped out of a Harlequin and pasted in. The scenes aren’t overly graphic; nevertheless, the females are described as if a boy in the height of puberty is telling his buddy about them. This broke character a bit.
The author does make a few political jabs (e.g. “they’re just so… Republican.”). I don’t mind authors talking about political ideology; I think it makes books interesting. However, the author’s descriptions of conservatives make it sound as if the author truly doesn’t know what drives a conservative. For example, the author makes the claim that conservatives have no sense of personal responsibility. In reality, personal responsibility is a core tenet of conservative beliefs—a push for small government is a result of this strong conviction. It is a liberal viewpoint to attribute one’s behavior to environment, genes, or society, which is why liberals advocate bigger government: it’s necessary to take care of the people. Saying conservatives have no sense of personal responsibility is like saying liberals want smaller government and less taxes. It’s just not true. As I said, political bias is fine in a book; however, if the author comes across as uninformed, it takes credibility away from any other research in the book.
Finally, the author states in an interview at the end of the book that she likes to leave some questions unanswered so people think about the book. Normally, that is a good philosophy, assuming you are talking about non-important story branches. In this case, however, I feel she left things out that were more than trivial. For example, if the protagonist’s friend and coworker got into a fight with a knife-wielding madman in a heroic move, wouldn’t you want to know what happened? Wouldn’t you think the author would mention something about the protagonist’s friend’s success or failure, or the protagonist’s later conversations and discovery of the friend’s status? One of the key resolutions in what is arguably the climax of the story is completely abandoned. It’s as if Emily never saw or talked to her friend again, and it never occurred to her to wonder what happened to him. Additionally, Lorelei’s story is never resolved. It feels as if you are reading the first book of a trilogy… but you’re not.
I did like the storytelling. Aside from the character-breaking erotic descriptions of the shape of Emily’s body, the characters were believable and elicited a sense of connection with them. I knocked a few stars off for the reasons listed above.
Emily, a bartender who decides to take her photography hobby to a professional level, reminds me of Ayn Rand’s Dagny, because of Emily's pursuit of humanistic pleasure. Just like Dagny, Emily seems willing to hop in the sack with just about anybody—although I doubt the author ascribes to Ayn Rand’s economic philosophy. Emily joins up with a reporter, who wants her to photograph the homeless. This is where Emily gets taken in by the plight of the homeless teens and meets Lorelei.
There is a girl-girl kissing scene. The scene itself is tame and is explained later, but the lead-up feels like it was written by a thirteen-year-old boy. This is why I mentioned the author of Atlas Shrugged—I make the comparison between this book and Atlas Shrugged only because this book is also a serious novel that is interrupted by random love scenes—scenes that feel as if they were ripped out of a Harlequin and pasted in. The scenes aren’t overly graphic; nevertheless, the females are described as if a boy in the height of puberty is telling his buddy about them. This broke character a bit.
The author does make a few political jabs (e.g. “they’re just so… Republican.”). I don’t mind authors talking about political ideology; I think it makes books interesting. However, the author’s descriptions of conservatives make it sound as if the author truly doesn’t know what drives a conservative. For example, the author makes the claim that conservatives have no sense of personal responsibility. In reality, personal responsibility is a core tenet of conservative beliefs—a push for small government is a result of this strong conviction. It is a liberal viewpoint to attribute one’s behavior to environment, genes, or society, which is why liberals advocate bigger government: it’s necessary to take care of the people. Saying conservatives have no sense of personal responsibility is like saying liberals want smaller government and less taxes. It’s just not true. As I said, political bias is fine in a book; however, if the author comes across as uninformed, it takes credibility away from any other research in the book.
Finally, the author states in an interview at the end of the book that she likes to leave some questions unanswered so people think about the book. Normally, that is a good philosophy, assuming you are talking about non-important story branches. In this case, however, I feel she left things out that were more than trivial. For example, if the protagonist’s friend and coworker got into a fight with a knife-wielding madman in a heroic move, wouldn’t you want to know what happened? Wouldn’t you think the author would mention something about the protagonist’s friend’s success or failure, or the protagonist’s later conversations and discovery of the friend’s status? One of the key resolutions in what is arguably the climax of the story is completely abandoned. It’s as if Emily never saw or talked to her friend again, and it never occurred to her to wonder what happened to him. Additionally, Lorelei’s story is never resolved. It feels as if you are reading the first book of a trilogy… but you’re not.
I did like the storytelling. Aside from the character-breaking erotic descriptions of the shape of Emily’s body, the characters were believable and elicited a sense of connection with them. I knocked a few stars off for the reasons listed above.
June 4, 2013
I found it hard to get into the book. I really didn't like the way the story kept jumping to the perspectives of different characters. I felt like alot of the info was unnecessary and that the author could have gone into more detail about other areas. I also found the description of the hurricane over the top. I live in south Louisiana, I've dealt with hurricanes my whole life and that part of the story had me rolling my eyes.
I did however like the last quarter of the book when things started wrapping up. I enjoyed reading about what goes on with homeless youth but wish I could have been more emotionally invested in the characters. When (to save spoilers) bad things happened to Lorelei I was like "meh so what" but I would have loved to been in her head -- really feel what she was feeling, know what she was thinking--and it just didn't happen for me.
I did however like the last quarter of the book when things started wrapping up. I enjoyed reading about what goes on with homeless youth but wish I could have been more emotionally invested in the characters. When (to save spoilers) bad things happened to Lorelei I was like "meh so what" but I would have loved to been in her head -- really feel what she was feeling, know what she was thinking--and it just didn't happen for me.
October 18, 2021
Yet another very well constructed narrative by Janna McMahan. She portrays much more poignant descriptions of homeless survival in Austin, Texas, that the light-hearted pulsating musical vibes the associated with that Texas metropolis. As you begin to read, the names: Lorelei, Emily, Barbara, Travis, and David become so much more than merely the headings to chapters. Their lives are soon entwined as a most fascinating plot unfolds. It is encouraging to know that some real life people are dedicating their lives to doing all they can to make the plight of the homeless a little brighter.
February 15, 2016
“I guess I just never really thought about how they live. I mean I’ve been downtown for years, and I supposed I just sort of think of them as background noise. You know they’re there, but you just tune them out.” These are the words of Emily–a twenty-something who is a bit directionless, single, and worried she isn’t keeping up with the young women with whom she graduated–when she learns more about the homeless youth in Austin. You see, Austin is a place that has a great party scene, and working at a bar and being promiscuous suits her just fine; she doesn’t care that she’s different from her corporate America-loving parents. Really, Emily’s made her own choices, and I say, “more power to her and her happiness.”
But when she’s made aware of the homeless youth population in Austin, she can’t look away ever again. Children who are living on the streets because they are mentally ill and their parents can’t deal with it; kids who aged out of the foster care system; kids who leave home because they have younger siblings and want to be less of a burden on their parents in a down economy. Janna McMahan shows the reader an in-depth look at the homeless youth to give them a better idea of why it happened, why the kids are tattooed, if they use drugs, and how they survive.
McMahan plays off of both the reader’s expectations and shows us we’re wrong. Meet Lorelei, a young girl who arrives in Austin. She’s starving; she’s alone. When Austin is flooded and Emily, on her way to her own parents house in a safe area, finds Lorelei, “Emily couldn’t, absolutely wouldn’t take this girl to her parents’ house.” Who knows if Lorelei is a thief, violent, a drug user, “Crazy”…Here, Emily echoes our own thoughts. It’s really impossible to trust Lorelei to the point where she actually began to annoy me. When Emily takes Lorelei in for a few days, when David (the man who runs the homeless youth shelter) tries to give her a place to stay, when she runs away and tells others she doesn’t need them (clearly she does if she’s taking things from them): Lorelei can be completely frustrating and hard to understand. Even worse, she adds that her mother used to take her shopping at the mall and send Lorelei to summer camps, so the reader is left to believe that Lorelei is a selfish, ungrateful girl.
Emily’s mother Barbara serves as a foil to the homeless youth. She acknowledges that she and her husband bought things at a rapid pace, but when the economy collapsed, they were left with debt. In order to survive, she and Gerald must forge ahead, but they don’t do a great job. They’re still trying to pay off three cars, one of which is an enormous SUV. Essentially, because Barbara and Gerald have credit, they are able to remain in a home. Barbara is critical of the “gutter punks” with their facial tattoos, piercings, and bad smells. She tries to be helpful when she launders Lorelei’s clothes after the flood, but for the most part she talks badly abut the girl while she’s not around (what kind of person destroys her whole life by getting a tattoo on her face).
McMahan masterfully leads the reader to this place in order to prove her wrong. It isn’t until near the end of the book that the real reasons for Lorelei’s homelessness emerge, which left me feeling like a bad person, like I am just like everyone else who walks by children without a place to eat, sleep, or be loved. Homelessness continues to be a problem (of course), and Anonymity doesn’t pretend to solve the problems put forth in its pages, which makes this mainstream novel a more challenging read for those who might not have expected to be enriched.
The review was originally published at: Grab the Lapels.
But when she’s made aware of the homeless youth population in Austin, she can’t look away ever again. Children who are living on the streets because they are mentally ill and their parents can’t deal with it; kids who aged out of the foster care system; kids who leave home because they have younger siblings and want to be less of a burden on their parents in a down economy. Janna McMahan shows the reader an in-depth look at the homeless youth to give them a better idea of why it happened, why the kids are tattooed, if they use drugs, and how they survive.
McMahan plays off of both the reader’s expectations and shows us we’re wrong. Meet Lorelei, a young girl who arrives in Austin. She’s starving; she’s alone. When Austin is flooded and Emily, on her way to her own parents house in a safe area, finds Lorelei, “Emily couldn’t, absolutely wouldn’t take this girl to her parents’ house.” Who knows if Lorelei is a thief, violent, a drug user, “Crazy”…Here, Emily echoes our own thoughts. It’s really impossible to trust Lorelei to the point where she actually began to annoy me. When Emily takes Lorelei in for a few days, when David (the man who runs the homeless youth shelter) tries to give her a place to stay, when she runs away and tells others she doesn’t need them (clearly she does if she’s taking things from them): Lorelei can be completely frustrating and hard to understand. Even worse, she adds that her mother used to take her shopping at the mall and send Lorelei to summer camps, so the reader is left to believe that Lorelei is a selfish, ungrateful girl.
Emily’s mother Barbara serves as a foil to the homeless youth. She acknowledges that she and her husband bought things at a rapid pace, but when the economy collapsed, they were left with debt. In order to survive, she and Gerald must forge ahead, but they don’t do a great job. They’re still trying to pay off three cars, one of which is an enormous SUV. Essentially, because Barbara and Gerald have credit, they are able to remain in a home. Barbara is critical of the “gutter punks” with their facial tattoos, piercings, and bad smells. She tries to be helpful when she launders Lorelei’s clothes after the flood, but for the most part she talks badly abut the girl while she’s not around (what kind of person destroys her whole life by getting a tattoo on her face).
McMahan masterfully leads the reader to this place in order to prove her wrong. It isn’t until near the end of the book that the real reasons for Lorelei’s homelessness emerge, which left me feeling like a bad person, like I am just like everyone else who walks by children without a place to eat, sleep, or be loved. Homelessness continues to be a problem (of course), and Anonymity doesn’t pretend to solve the problems put forth in its pages, which makes this mainstream novel a more challenging read for those who might not have expected to be enriched.
The review was originally published at: Grab the Lapels.
July 12, 2013
Got this lovely thing at the SoKY BookFest, so it's autographed. And I'm so glad it is.
Lorelei is a homeless teenager who just arrived in Texas. She has tattoos on her face and arms, a backpack that means the world to her, and a stubbornness that can't be beat. She teams up with a group of other homeless teenagers (gutter punks) and survives the only way she knows how.
Emily is a twenty-seven-year-old bartender who doesn't want the whole marriage-and-kids thing, but just found out an old friend is pregnant. And what has Emily done with her life? She parties hard, but that might get old soon. At her mother's encouragement, she finds her old camera and starts taking some pictures.
Barbara is Emily's mother and she only wants the best for her. When Emily brings home a tattooed gutter punk that she saved during a flash flood, though, Barbara can tell that Emily simply doesn't know what the right thing to do is.
Travis is a writer for the local newspaper and he's searching for a cover story. When he decides to write about the homeless kids in the area, he needs a photographer--he mentions this to the local bartender and she offers to help out.
Finally, David runs a shelter for the homeless kids, feels a personal responsibility for all of them. When Travis and Emily show up, asking personal questions and trying to take pictures of his kids, he won't stand for it.
A chilling story of homelessness, the variety of kids who are homeless (some who choose it, some who claim to choose it, and some with no other choices), and how other people view them, I loved everything about this book. Well, with the exception of one scene...and the ending scene...
There is violence against the homeless--one scene that I had to skim because I could not continue reading it, so for people with a sensitivity to violence, beware of that. And the ending scene was just...weird. I don't want to give it away, but suffice it to say either the author didn't think it through or Emily is far more messed up than we were led to believe.
There's a lovable recovering alcoholic (seriously need more of them in books), a six-inch long centipede, and Lorelei is (drum roll, please) bisexual. She doesn't use the word, but she is, and I did a little dance at the reveal.
I noticed a few places where a comma would have been welcome, and also, is "zup" a thing? It was used instead of "sup," as in, "Hey, zup?" but I've never seen that before. So. Yeah.
Excellent book, 4/5 GR stars. Plus, part of the proceeds for the book goes to help the real homeless kids in Texas.
Lorelei is a homeless teenager who just arrived in Texas. She has tattoos on her face and arms, a backpack that means the world to her, and a stubbornness that can't be beat. She teams up with a group of other homeless teenagers (gutter punks) and survives the only way she knows how.
Emily is a twenty-seven-year-old bartender who doesn't want the whole marriage-and-kids thing, but just found out an old friend is pregnant. And what has Emily done with her life? She parties hard, but that might get old soon. At her mother's encouragement, she finds her old camera and starts taking some pictures.
Barbara is Emily's mother and she only wants the best for her. When Emily brings home a tattooed gutter punk that she saved during a flash flood, though, Barbara can tell that Emily simply doesn't know what the right thing to do is.
Travis is a writer for the local newspaper and he's searching for a cover story. When he decides to write about the homeless kids in the area, he needs a photographer--he mentions this to the local bartender and she offers to help out.
Finally, David runs a shelter for the homeless kids, feels a personal responsibility for all of them. When Travis and Emily show up, asking personal questions and trying to take pictures of his kids, he won't stand for it.
A chilling story of homelessness, the variety of kids who are homeless (some who choose it, some who claim to choose it, and some with no other choices), and how other people view them, I loved everything about this book. Well, with the exception of one scene...and the ending scene...
There is violence against the homeless--one scene that I had to skim because I could not continue reading it, so for people with a sensitivity to violence, beware of that. And the ending scene was just...weird. I don't want to give it away, but suffice it to say either the author didn't think it through or Emily is far more messed up than we were led to believe.
There's a lovable recovering alcoholic (seriously need more of them in books), a six-inch long centipede, and Lorelei is (drum roll, please) bisexual. She doesn't use the word, but she is, and I did a little dance at the reveal.
I noticed a few places where a comma would have been welcome, and also, is "zup" a thing? It was used instead of "sup," as in, "Hey, zup?" but I've never seen that before. So. Yeah.
Excellent book, 4/5 GR stars. Plus, part of the proceeds for the book goes to help the real homeless kids in Texas.
September 22, 2013
Interesting concept, but I think the book spent too much time with Travis, Barbara, and Emily. I know lots of people like those characters, but I don't know anyone like Lorelei, and I didn't know anymore about her when the book ended. I don't know why Lorelei was homeless - how bad was her home life? Did she believe the lies she told? Why did her parents come looking for her if they really didn't want her? There has to have been more to her story than what was written, because it just didn't add up. The bipolar diagnosis seemed really like a throwaway reason.
I would have liked to know more about David, too - we never learned what his motivations were, except that he felt that he was fortunate in life and wanted to help others.
One scene that really, REALLY annoyed me was when Emily took Lorelei to the Siesta Apartments and gave the kids a lecture about dirty piercing equipment. Really? There was no mention of condoms when she jumped into bed with Travis or David. Does Emily think infections only occur in poor people?
Never mind that she showed Lorelei's photos just to get Travis into bed in the first place. D!cks before chicks for her, I suppose. This made her a very unlikeable person.
The ending seemed right for the story, but I still would have liked more detail about Lorelei's motivations for running away.
I would have liked to know more about David, too - we never learned what his motivations were, except that he felt that he was fortunate in life and wanted to help others.
One scene that really, REALLY annoyed me was when Emily took Lorelei to the Siesta Apartments and gave the kids a lecture about dirty piercing equipment. Really? There was no mention of condoms when she jumped into bed with Travis or David. Does Emily think infections only occur in poor people?
Never mind that she showed Lorelei's photos just to get Travis into bed in the first place. D!cks before chicks for her, I suppose. This made her a very unlikeable person.
The ending seemed right for the story, but I still would have liked more detail about Lorelei's motivations for running away.
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January 15, 2013
The reality of homeless people is a mystery, except for those forced to live it. The world of homeless youth is a subculture unlike any other. It is filled with abandonment, fear, rejection, mental illness and a relentless hunger of the spirit and flesh.
In this novel, Emily, a young bartender meets Travis, who is a reporter. He is doing an inside investigation of the homeless youth of Austin. Emily becomes his photographer. Together they plan on exposing this underground world.
During the investigation, Emily bonds with Lorelei, a young homeless woman. Lorelei exposes them to the darkness of her world, as well as the reality of her past, with startling results.
Janna McMahon writes a cutting edge, important novel. She understands family relationships and dynamics. In this story she takes it to a new level, with a very clear understanding. She does well to point out that which many turn away from, knowing if we do we cannot help.
In this novel, Emily, a young bartender meets Travis, who is a reporter. He is doing an inside investigation of the homeless youth of Austin. Emily becomes his photographer. Together they plan on exposing this underground world.
During the investigation, Emily bonds with Lorelei, a young homeless woman. Lorelei exposes them to the darkness of her world, as well as the reality of her past, with startling results.
Janna McMahon writes a cutting edge, important novel. She understands family relationships and dynamics. In this story she takes it to a new level, with a very clear understanding. She does well to point out that which many turn away from, knowing if we do we cannot help.
March 7, 2014
I usually don't like books about relationships, but there's a real story in this book, and I liked the characters. What's more, this book made me think. I recommend it as a quick beach read that will take you out of your element in a good way.
EDIT: I have come back six months later and given this book one more star, because I just can't seem to get it out of my head. I still find myself thinking about the characters and wondering about their lives. Now that's the sign of a good book!
EDIT: I have come back six months later and given this book one more star, because I just can't seem to get it out of my head. I still find myself thinking about the characters and wondering about their lives. Now that's the sign of a good book!
December 28, 2013
I couldn't put this book down, mainly because the characters were compelling. The ending was a surprise as well -- not something I would have predicted when I opened the book. It seems to be written for young adults, but there are some profound insights here, especially from David who runs the homeless shelter. I don't think the character Travis, who writes for the newspaper, is fleshed out enough. I will read more books by this author.
February 26, 2014
I have to agree with other reviews. The book is overall well-written, but for a story about a homeless hits & homelessness the author spent too much time on the other characters, specifically Emily' love life & parents. It felt more like the book was about Emily & how her encounter with homelessness through Lorilea helped herself (whole damaging Lorilea). I was left really not liking Emily, and wondering why she got the nice perfect happy ending.
March 17, 2023
This book held my interest well. I did not know much about teen homelessness and this book shed much light on the subject. Very thought-provoking. The way each character speaks for him/herself adds depth and understanding. Excellent read. I recommend it for teen through older adult.
September 16, 2013
This book kept my interest from beginning to end; and the ending brought happy tears. It certainly is a different read from my normal but I am glad i picked it up; its an eye-opener; gives you some insite to the youth homeless.
September 7, 2013
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June 7, 2013
This was a pretty good story, and I learned a bit about homeless teenagers.
September 16, 2013
I really enjoyed this book; I would like a sequel, but that would have been so predictable. Homelessness is unpredictable.
January 3, 2014
A look at the homeless teens in the city of Austin and the people that see them as well as the people that don't. I liked the book even though it might be targeted for a younger audience.
December 27, 2013
This is the kind of book that sticks into your mind long after the last page.
August 4, 2016
Austin and street urchin homelessness.
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