Perverts, Prom Queens, and Promises

Synopsis

Foster teen Lydia Collins, can’t believe that Brianna, a girl with “prom queen DNA,” is offering her a ride home. When Lydia’s busted for driving in a stolen car, she understands, but something worse happens that day - one of the officers molests Lydia in the back of his cruiser. She wants to nail him, but it’s his word against hers. If no one believes her, Lydia risks losing the best foster family she’s ever known. If only she could trust someone to stand up for her. Lydia blots out the incident until the perv shows up at Baypoint High as a resource officer. When she finds out Officer Dooley’s driving Marika, another girl from the Sojourner Truth Home – to schools Lydia has to take a stand. She can’t hush the voice inside that keeps asking - “If you can’t trust yourself, who can you trust?”

Excerpt

...The night before I transferred to Baypoint High I was living at Sojo House. To outsiders, Sojo looked like a home, but I knew the difference. I’d lived in a real home once. Living at Sojo beat surviving on the streets, but not by much. It was no sanctuary. And wasn’t that what a home was supposed to be, a designated safe spot? Well, Sojo stayed filled with abandoned kids, but take it from me; everyone there was just waiting to pack their bags and leave....

 

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