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Jude

by Kate Morgenroth

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ISBN13: 9781416912675
ISBN10: 1416912673
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"Listen, you're young. We don't send kids to jail. If you had something to do with this, it's better to tell us. Then we can help you. Maybe it was a friend of yours come to take care of things for you. You've got a nasty bruise there, and your neighbors told us that you tend to get a lot of bruises. We take those things into account, you know. We understand about things like that."

"You don't understand anything," Jude said.

After Jude watches his drug-dealer father get gunned down at the kitchen table, he's taken from their dangerous neighborhood to a comfortable home, an elite private school, and a mother he doesn't remember. Only fifteen, Jude is under suspicion for his father's murder, but to save his own life, he can't tell the police what he knows.

To make things worse, Jude's mother is the district attorney. She can protect him from the police — but when Jude's classmate overdoses on heroin, Jude is implicated, and his mother decides to prosecute. Jude is determined to clear his name,though he doesn't know that mysteries from his past have yet to be revealed — secrets that will forever alter the course of his life.

Jude's gripping story is at once moving and horrifying as it traces a young man's quest for acceptance and his incredible capacity for hope and resilience. Kate Morgenroth, whose adult novels have been called "nearly impossible to put down" by Time Out New York and "compulsively readable" by Entertainment Weekly, here shows more of her considerable talent.

Review:

"The intricacies of betrayal and discovery continue to the end of the novel." Booklist, starred review

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"Unlike many suspense novels, the characters are as thoroughly developed as the story." School Library Journal, starred review

Synopsis:

When fifteen-year-old Jude's father is brutally murdered, Jude is a witness. But to save his own life, he can't tell the police what he knows. Still, Jude is determined to clear his name and win the approval of his mother — the district attorney he has not seen since he was an infant.

At the urging of his mother's longtime companion, Jude agrees to a crazy scheme to protect her political future. But what Jude doesn't know is that there are buried secrets that will require him to sacrifice more than he ever dreamed. And his search for approval will turn into one for revenge.

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tankiso.pitso, September 11, 2009 (view all comments by tankiso.pitso)
I Hope to order this lovely book- i like it so much.I its review gave me a command to have the secret inside.I love books but this one will turn me around.
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kitty_luver555, September 6, 2009 (view all comments by kitty_luver555)
Amazing book! I read it a few years ago, and I have to have a book to read in school and i thought of this one.. Its a must have for all teens who enjoy surprize and suspence on every page.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781416912675
Author:
Morgenroth, Kate
Publisher:
Simon Pulse
Author:
Essel, Robert
Subject:
Mothers and sons
Subject:
Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General
Subject:
Family - Parents
Subject:
Law & Crime
Subject:
Social Situations - Drugs, Alcohol, & Substance Abuse
Subject:
Politics, practical
Subject:
Situations / Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse
Subject:
Social Issues - Drugs, Alcohol, & Substance Abuse
Subject:
Children s Young Adult-Social Issue Fiction-Drugs, Alcohol and Substance Abuse
Subject:
Children s Young Adult-Social Issue Fiction
Copyright:
Edition Description:
B101
Publication Date:
March 2006
Binding:
MASS MARKET
Grade Level:
Young adult
Language:
English
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
7 x 4.19 in 6.895 oz
Age Level:
12-17

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Product details 288 pages Simon Pulse - English 9781416912675 Reviews:
"Review" by , "The intricacies of betrayal and discovery continue to the end of the novel." Booklist, starred review
"Review" by , "Unlike many suspense novels, the characters are as thoroughly developed as the story." School Library Journal, starred review
"Synopsis" by , When fifteen-year-old Jude's father is brutally murdered, Jude is a witness. But to save his own life, he can't tell the police what he knows. Still, Jude is determined to clear his name and win the approval of his mother — the district attorney he has not seen since he was an infant.

At the urging of his mother's longtime companion, Jude agrees to a crazy scheme to protect her political future. But what Jude doesn't know is that there are buried secrets that will require him to sacrifice more than he ever dreamed. And his search for approval will turn into one for revenge.

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