検索キーワード： 著者 "Melody Dimick" すべてのカテゴリー

The Florida Industrial School for Boys, which in later years was Dozier School for Boys existed for over a century in the panhandle town of Marianna. Boys from throughout the state went there to be reformed. Early on, some residents were orphans as young as five-years-old who were placed in custodial care.

Set in central Florida, Broken tells the story of Riley Barrie, a high school senior, living within the confines of her survivalist father’s chain-link fence. Riley battles both the effects war has had on her father, and the harassment of the bullies who plague her on the bus and at school

Jacob Barnaby lives in a small town in the shadows of the Adirondack Mountains, where neighbors know each other and gossip spreads like dandelions. On the night of his birthday party, the 17-year-old son of a prominent attorney learns his father has a secret. To make matters worse, his father plans to represent the man Jacob and his friends think is responsible for putting the school bully in a wheelchair. Will his father’s actions ruin both Jacob’s family and his senior year? Can Jacob salvage his relationship with his girlfriend?