Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers List, 2010 nominee
Michael Grove was sixteen years old when he was convicted for the murder of Lisa Conroy, the girlfriend he loved very much. The circumstances surrounding her final hours attract considerable media attention, especially because Michael and Lisa had sex just prior to her death. A public outcry against light penalties for young offenders ensures Michael is tried as an adult; he receives a harsh and severe penalty. Six months into his imprisonment, the true murderer confesses. Michael is released but quickly finds that the stigma of imprisonment and the (wrongful) rap for murder is not an easy thing to escape
out on the streets.
About the Author
LESLEY CHOYCE is a novelist and poet living at Lawrencetown Beach in Nova Scotia. A former grand champion of the Men's Open Canadian National Surfing Championships, he surfs on the Atlantic coast year-round, along with running a literary publishing house and teaching English at Dalhousie University. He also has a regular nationally-broadcast program on Vision TV called "Off the Page with Lesley Choyce." He is the author of more than fifty books of poetry, fiction and non-fiction for adults and children, including "Carrie's Crowd" and "Go For It Carrie." His writing has earned him several awards, including two Dartmouth Book Awards and the Ann Connor Brimer Award for the Young Adult novel "Good Idea Gone Bad". Five of his previous Formac novels have received the Canadian Children's Book Centre's "Our Choice" Award. "The Ottawa Citizen" calls him "a national treasure."