Not the End of the World

“The tomboy narrator of this funny, sad, ultimately disturbing novel is wise and compassionate beyond her years, like Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird. And she’s as cynical as The Catcher in the Rye’s Holden Caulfield. But Maggie is very much her own person—all six of them.” —Carol Peace, People Being the daughter of the owner of a successful candy factory and living in a house with its own beach, Maggie should be living a sweet life. But after an explosive incident at school with her teacher...