Dime

Written by E.R. Frank

A teen lost in foster care mistakes exploitation for love and family.

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336 pages· HL700L· AR 4.3 · 10 AR pts

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Bookroo's summary

Dime, a teenage girl lost in the foster care system in Newark, New Jersey, wants only to be loved and to belong. She finds what looks like a family, a man she calls Daddy and two other girls, and slowly slides into prostitution to keep her place. When she learns his love is not what it seemed, she has to find the strength to get out.

From the publisher

The realities of teen prostitution are revealed in this eye-opening, heartbreaking story from the author of America, which Booklist called "a piercing, unforgettable novel" and Kirkus Reviews deemed "a work of sublime humanity." As a teen girl in Newark, New Jersey, lost in the foster care system, Dime just wants someone to care about her, to love her. A family. And that is exactly what she gets--a daddy and two "wifeys." So what if she has to go out and earn some coins to keep her place? It seems a fair enough exchange for love. Dime never meant to become a prostitute. It happened so gradually, she pretty much didn't realize it was happening until it was too late. But when a new "wifey" joins the family and Dime finds out that Daddy doesn't love her the way she thought he did, will Dime have the strength to leave? And will Daddy let her?

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