Antoni Battista has one rule: stay out of trouble.It's all that stands between the seventeen-year-old foster kid and freedom. Three more months until graduation. Three more months until he turns eighteen and escapes the system forever.But trouble has a way of finding Tony. Shot in a Chicago drive-by and shipped to tiny Coralville, he arrives with a bullet-scarred body and a reputation that precedes him. When vandalism and worse rock the small town, suspicious eyes turn his way. The local juvenile officer wants him gone. His pious foster parents think he's a thief. Even his classmates whisper behind his back.Then Sheriff Jan Lindsey sees something different—a bright, guarded young man desperate for a chance he's never been given.When Tony stumbles into the middle of a dangerous investigation, his street-smart instincts prove surprisingly useful. But helping the sheriff means stepping into the spotlight, and in a town where everyone knows everyone, being noticed is the last thing he wants.Sometimes staying out of trouble means walking straight into it.A compelling young adult novel about prejudice, redemption, and discovering that family isn't always blood.
Antoni Battista has one rule: stay out of trouble.It's all that stands between the seventeen-year-old foster kid and freedom. Three more months until graduation. Three more months until he turns eighteen and escapes the system forever.But trouble has a way of finding Tony. Shot in a Chicago drive-by and shipped to tiny Coralville, he arrives with a bullet-scarred body and a reputation that precedes him. When vandalism and worse rock the small town, suspicious eyes turn his way. The local juvenile officer wants him gone. His pious foster parents think he's a thief. Even his classmates whisper behind his back.Then Sheriff Jan Lindsey sees something different—a bright, guarded young man desperate for a chance he's never been given.When Tony stumbles into the middle of a dangerous investigation, his street-smart instincts prove surprisingly useful. But helping the sheriff means stepping into the spotlight, and in a town where everyone knows everyone, being noticed is the last thing he wants.Sometimes staying out of trouble means walking straight into it.A compelling young adult novel about prejudice, redemption, and discovering that family isn't always blood.
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