EAN: 9780063276048

THE HOME FOR WAYWARD GIRLS - MARCIA BRADLEY KAR...

Growing up in the 1990s  a young girl escapes her abusive parents?and the ?ranch? they ran for
?bad? girls?and becomes an advocate for teen runaways in this harrowing and heartfelt novel for
fans of Joanna Goodman and Lisa Wingate. While other adolescent girls are listening to grunge
rock or swooning over boy bands and movie stars  Loretta knows little of life beyond the Home
for Wayward Girls  the secluded ranch where her parents run a program designed to ?correct?
teen girls' ?bad behavior.? Some new residents arrive with their moms and dads  while other are
accompanied by transporters?people paid to forcibly deliver these ?problem? teens?girls caught
swearing  smoking  drinking  or kissing. Many are failed runaways desperate to leave their
controlling and sometimes brutal homes. Few have any idea of the suffering that lies ahead.
Loretta witnesses firsthand how the adults use abusive discipline to crush these young women's
spirits and break their wills. She understands these girls' pain and shares it. Since childhood
she's been afraid of her father  and avoids him by spending time with the residents  secretly
teaching them the survival skills they'll need in case they manage to escape. Until the day a
horrifying act of violence forces her to make her own terrible choice. Terrified and with no
other option  Loretta flees the ranch and hitchhikes across the country  ending up in New York.
Eventually finding safety and a sympathetic community  Loretta dedicates herself to working
with lost  vulnerable  and defenseless teens  determined to prevent the same thing from
happening to other girls like her.

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