Is Justine crazy?
Everyone thinks soā¦
Her mother. The kids at school, and the teachers and administrators too. Even the police who pick her up from her night rambles. Maybe them most of all.
Justineās therapist says she is ātroubledā, but it means the same thing. He thinks that her vivid, reoccurring nightmares and atrocious behavior point to some trauma in her past; but Em, Justineās mother, canāt explain it.
Justine used to have Christian, her best friend and skateboard partner. He was the only one who accepted her. Maybe because skating is the only time that Justine is really free to be herself. Now that Christian is goneā¦ Justine keeps thinking things canāt get any worse.
Even as she sees her life spinning further and further out of control, Justine canāt give up her sense of who she isāsomeone far different than the loving daughter Em expects her to beāto just fit in and be happy. She is sure that Em secretly holds the key to who Justine really is. But if she does, Em isnāt talking.
By the author of Tattooed Teardrops, winner of the Top Fiction Award, In the Margins Committee, 2016.
If you enjoy gritty contemporary young adult books like those by John Green and Stephen Chbosky, give P.D. Workmanās Stand Alone a try.
