In this hard-hitting novel, sixteen-year-old Matt McKendrick and his younger sister Katie are tragically orphaned after their parents are killed in an accident. When the decision is made to separate them, Matt and Katie run away to stay together. Returning one day to the abandoned building where they had been hiding, Matt finds his sister brutally murdered, and in the ensuing confusion, Matt is charged with the killing. Winner of the 1985 California Young Readers Medal.
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In this hard-hitting novel, sixteen-year-old Matt McKendrick and his younger sister Katie are tragically orphaned after their parents are killed in an accident. When the decision is made to separate them, Matt and Katie run away to stay together. Returning one day to the abandoned building where they had been hiding, Matt finds his sister brutally murdered, and in the ensuing confusion, Matt is charged with the killing. Winner of the 1985 California Young Readers Medal.
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Reader copy. USED Good Former Library Paperback book. It has normal library markings including card holder/reference sticker and library call number on spine. Has school and/or library name blacked out with marker/white blackout labels on page edges, cover and inside. cover scuff/indents and bent corners wear on edges.