it really is 1962 and ten yr outdated Annie is battling to outlive a stepfather and mentally in poor health mom who abuse her bodily and emotionally.

It hadn't continually been this fashion. quite a few years ahead of, Annie used to be secure in Yakima along with her mom and dad and 3 brothers and sisters within the white residence with the wood fence and the swing set within the yard. Then her mom and dad divorced and her mom took the children to Missouri. inside of a 12 months Annie's mom was once hospitalized with a frightened breakdown. the kids have been put with a Catholic bus driver's kinfolk who brutalized Annie's little brother, Sammy. Annie did her top to guard him, yet she was once 8 years old.

When her mom got here to get them, Annie believed that now every little thing will be okay. in its place it will get worse. on a daily basis is a fight, to stick clear of the hits and the screams, to flee her mother's glance that says that Annie is whatever below airborne dirt and dust. Annie does not comprehend why she is singled out for mistreatment. She attempts every thing she is aware to "get through." She pretends to not listen the phrases, attempts to not suppose the slaps. two times she runs clear of home.

Like any baby Annie needs to confirm who she is to develop into, and, moreover, make feel of the havoc of her lifestyles. She types her personal theories approximately how grownups should be so merciless, and resolves by no means to be like them. In time she types an identification except her position in her relations. in class, she is the clever child, whom her academics nurture while her mom and dad do not.

This is a kid's tale, advised with a kid's voice. it's going to resonate with an individual who has suffered, or struggled, and located the power to overcome.