Blank, Jessica, 1975-
Legacy / Jessica Blank. - 226 pages ; 22 cm.
Alison, seventeen, wanted to quietly endure senior year after the upheaval of her brother's death, but a fight with her mother sends her to a radical environmental group, where she finds courage and strength. Tacoma, Washington. Since her older brother Andy died, Alison's mom is in perpetual mourning, her father ran out on them, Alison's reputation is trashed after hanging out with Andy's hard-partying friends. She planned to spend her senior year hanging out with her punk rocker boyfriend and trying not to flunk out of school, but a massive fight with her mother pushes her over the edge, and she runs away. Joining a group of radical environmentalists who are occupying a Washington State forest, Alison realizes that she might be more powerful than she thought. But is she willing to put her life on the line to fight for what she believes in? -- adapted from jacket.
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Bildungsromans.
Death--Fiction.
Grief--Fiction.
Environmental protection--Fiction.
Forests and forestry--Fiction.
Dysfunctional families--Fiction.
Coming of age--Fiction.
Runaway teenagers--Fiction.
Family problems--Fiction.
Washington (State)--Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
[Fic]
Legacy / Jessica Blank. - 226 pages ; 22 cm.
Alison, seventeen, wanted to quietly endure senior year after the upheaval of her brother's death, but a fight with her mother sends her to a radical environmental group, where she finds courage and strength. Tacoma, Washington. Since her older brother Andy died, Alison's mom is in perpetual mourning, her father ran out on them, Alison's reputation is trashed after hanging out with Andy's hard-partying friends. She planned to spend her senior year hanging out with her punk rocker boyfriend and trying not to flunk out of school, but a massive fight with her mother pushes her over the edge, and she runs away. Joining a group of radical environmentalists who are occupying a Washington State forest, Alison realizes that she might be more powerful than she thought. But is she willing to put her life on the line to fight for what she believes in? -- adapted from jacket.
9780399256479 0399256474
2017053082
Bildungsromans.
Death--Fiction.
Grief--Fiction.
Environmental protection--Fiction.
Forests and forestry--Fiction.
Dysfunctional families--Fiction.
Coming of age--Fiction.
Runaway teenagers--Fiction.
Family problems--Fiction.
Washington (State)--Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
[Fic]