When 15-year-old Jude’s drug dealing father is murdered, he is a witness to the shooting. The murderer allows him to live on a whim. In debt to a killer and under suspicion for his father’s murder, a new future is revealed to Jude as he is sent to live with a mother he never knew (DA Anna Grady) and told he was kidnapped by his father at only 3 months old. Anna may mean well but she has little time for Jude and the demands of her job come first. Sent off to a prep-school and desperate for friends Jude takes a wealthy boy to his old neighbourhood for drugs. When he overdoses questions start to arise and accusations are pointed left, right, and center. Harry Wichowski (Anna’s boyfriend and police chief) uncovers the truth and sets up Jude to take the fall (with Jude’s permission) on the promise of immediate release after the mayoral election his mother is running in is over. Caught in a web of lies and deceit Jude must discover the truth of his past and strive for the justice he deserves. An edge-of-your-seat page turner, easy to read and get into. An all-around good read. review submitted by Katie, grade 10, Library Peer Tutor
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