Heart in a Box

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Reads 21
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Parts 1
Time <5 mins

Amazon bestseller in Teen and Alternative Family
Blurb:
Joss Olstad wins the fight to switch from her private school to a public high to "find her pieces" she lost when the Indian artist father she never knew died. There, Joss struggles with a slutty friend, who flirts with her new love; Indian Culture Club girls who press her on her past, as well as her stoner mother's lies back at home. Armed only with her handmade heart boxes that hold private messages, Joss's search for identity leads her to a scary industrial section of Queens, and a shocking family secret that changes everything.
readers and bloggers say:
"Found myself completely intrigued!" - Go Read a Book
"Really moving" - 5 Girls Book Review
"Will's a superswoony love interest... I loved everything about this, honestly!" - Go Read a Book
"Emotional read! Joss learned things she'd been dying to know forever" -Becca's Book Affair
"So stinkin' cute!!! Exceeded my expectations" - Painted Words ReviewsAll Rights Reserved

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Sun, Mar 20, 2016

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