Sixteen-year-old Brit Hemphill, devastated when her father places her in a remote, all-girl, residential treatment center for unstable teens, comes to depend on her inner strength and the help of other inmates who become her friends in order to endure the harsh conditions of the prison-like institution and plan a way to escape.
year: 2009
call number/section: 1000
subjects: shock incarceration, juvenile fiction, fathers and daughters, self-confidence, friendship, rock music