Gemma

By Meg Tilly. I wanted to read something that was not romantic or action. So i just happended to pick this book and i promise i could not put it down till i completed it. It is a very sad and touching book about child abuse. Gemma is a 12 year old girl who has an exceptional imagination and is hard working at school. She loves mornings because nights mean horrible things to her. Night means visits from her mother's boyfriend Bobby who hurts her in ways she does not understand. Just when she thought life could not get worse, Bobby forces her to sleep with his friend Hazen Wood who in his own perverse way falls in love with Gemma and kidnaps her. The cross country ride with Hazen makes Gemma hold on to anything that will keep her sane. She finally escapes him. The rest of the book is about good things happen to her. How she does not believe it at first but then she starts to trust and love people around her. Its a very beautiful book written in the eyes of a 12 year old. Made me break down and cry and thats a good thing.