Description
Product ID: | 9781948340304 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Ordinary Terrible Things |
Title: | You Ruined It |
Subtitle: | A Book About Boundaries |
Authors: | Author: Anastasia Higginbotham, Anastasia Higginbotham |
Page Count: | 96 |
Subjects: | Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Bullying, violence, abuse and peer pressure, Personal & social issues: bullying, violence & abuse (Children's / Teenage) |
Description: | With the help of her mom and sister, an 11-year-old heals from the aftermath of being assaulted by her cousin. ONE OF SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL''s BEST BOOKS OF 2022 In You Ruined It, Anastasia Higginbotham, acclaimed author of Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness, sheds light on the confusion and pain that many children feel in the aftermath of incest and sexual assault. When 11-year-old Dawn discloses that a favorite cousin sexually assaulted her, it''s hard to tell what hurts more: the betrayal or the fall-out. After all, everyone always says to tell someone, but does this mean she''ll never get to hang out with him again? What if he goes to jail? And the biggest question of all: How will she know if she can trust someone again? You Ruined It is a testament to a child''s experience of a confusing betrayal, her broken heart, and the loved ones who help her piece it back together.
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Imprint Name: | Dottir Press |
Publisher Name: | Dottir Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2022-05-19 |