Description
Product ID: | 9780593530337 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | US |
Title: | Just Do This One Thing for Me |
Authors: | Author: Laura Zimmermann |
Page Count: | 320 |
Subjects: | Children’s / Teenage fiction: Thrillers / suspense, Thrillers (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Work, politics and society, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members, Crime & mystery fiction (Children's / Teenage), Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), Work & industry / world of work (Children's / Teenage), Personal & social issues: family issues (Children's / Teenage) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Hilarious, heartbreaking, and sneaky suspenseful, Just Do This One Thing for Me is a timely novel about a rule-following daughter trying to hold her family together after her scammer mother disappears. “Just do this one thing for me.” Drew's mother says it more often than good morning. Heidi Hill has been juggling shady side hustles for all of Drew’s seventeen years, and Drew knows that “one thing” really means all the necessary things her mother thinks are boring, including taking care of her fifteen-year-old sister and eight-year-old brother. In fact, Drew is the closest thing to a responsible adult they’ve ever known. When their mother disappears on the way to a New Year’s Eve concert in Mexico and her schemes start unraveling, Drew is faced with a choice: Follow the rules, do the responsible thing, and walk away--alone--from her mother's mess. Or hope the weather stays cold, keep the cons going, and just maybe hold her family together. Hilarious, heartbreaking, and sneaky suspenseful, Just Do This One Thing for Me is a timely novel about a rule-following daughter trying to hold her family together after her scammer mother disappears. “Just do this one thing for me.” Drew''s mother says it more often than good morning. Heidi Hill has been juggling shady side hustles for all of Drew’s seventeen years, and Drew knows that “one thing” really means all the necessary things her mother thinks are boring, including taking care of her fifteen-year-old sister and eight-year-old brother. In fact, Drew is the closest thing to a responsible adult they’ve ever known. When their mother disappears on the way to a New Year’s Eve concert in Mexico and her schemes start unraveling, Drew is faced with a choice: Follow the rules, do the responsible thing, and walk away--alone--from her mother''s mess. Or hope the weather stays cold, keep the cons going, and just maybe hold her family together. |
Imprint Name: | Dutton Books for Young Readers |
Publisher Name: | Dutton Books for Young Readers |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2023-08-22 |