Most Precious Blood

by Susan Beth Pfeffer

You can buy a lot of things with enough money, but you can’t buy the truth After Val skips one Sunday dinner with her cousin Michelle’s family, everything changes. Val and Michelle’s fathers aren’t getting along, and she just wanted to avoid the tension that she knew would be on the menu. Val’s mom died of cancer two years ago, and now her father’s love and her mother’s memory are all she has. But Michelle can’t let it go, and in her anger she drops a “You’re not really family. You don’t really count.” Is it true? How come no one—not her teachers, not her classmates, not their parents—seems surprised? Other kids at school are adopted; it’s not a secret. So why hasn’t anyone told Val? Slowly Val starts to see that things are different for her. Other kids don’t have bodyguards or a dad who gives them whatever they want with his piles of money. Up till now, Val has repaid her father’s love by being the obedient daughter he expects, but now she needs something She needs the truth.

Genres: Young Adult

168 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Susan Beth Pfeffer was an American author best known for young adult and science fiction. After writing for 35 years, she received wider notice for her series of post-apocalyptic novels, officially titled "The Life as We Knew It Series", but often called "The Last Survivors" or "Moon Crash" series, some of which appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list.

Reviews

[CLM · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was thrilled when the editor of this novel let me read it in manuscript form when I was working at BDD. Of course, if this had been a book, she would have given me a job in editorial (and I would have eventually discovered JK Rowling), instead of forgetting my name the next time she saw me...

[PinkAmy loves books, cats and naps · Rating 2 out of 5]

MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD was going to be a one star review up until the last 20%. It’s very dated and stereotypes Italians as mobsters, but the ending made me add a star.