Where I Live

Brenda Rufener

Linden Rose has a big secret--she is homeless and living in the halls of her small-town high school. Her position as school blog editor, her best friends, Ham and Seung, and the promise of a future fa...r away are what keep Linden under the radar and moving forward.But when cool-girl Bea comes to school with a bloody lip, the damage hits too close to home. Linden begins looking at Bea's life, and soon her investigation prompts people to pay more attention. And attention is the last thing she needs.Linden knows the only way to put a stop to the violence is to tell Bea's story and come to terms with her own painful past. Even if that means breaking her rules for survival and jeopardizing the secrets she's worked so hard to keep.
Viac

Tu, kde bývam je kniha, ktorá sa zaoberá netradičnou témou - bezdomovectvom. Ak hovorím o netradičnosti, myslím tým najmä jej malý výskyt v young-adult, ja osobne som o tejto téme čítala prvý krát. Bezdomovectvo je záležitosť, s ktorou sa v bežno živote stretávame neustále, aj keď len okrajovo. O niektorých veciach je dôležité rozprávať, lebo ľudia ich zvyknú prehliadať, až dokým sa[...]

Linden Rose has a big secret--she is homeless and living in the halls of her small-town high school. Her position as school blog editor, her best friends, Ham and Seung, and the promise of a future far away are what keep Linden under the radar and moving forward.

But when cool-girl Bea comes to school with a bloody lip, the damage hits too close to home. Linden begins looking at Bea's life, and soon her investigation prompts people to pay more attention. And attention is the last thing she needs.

Linden knows the only way to put a stop to the violence is to tell Bea's story and come to terms with her own painful past. Even if that means breaking her rules for survival and jeopardizing the secrets she's worked so hard to keep.