Saving Bone

by Shelley Stoehr

Overview

Izzy and bff Seven (whose name was supposed to have been "Steven", but the "t" was left off his birth certificate) set out to rescue a dog, Bone, from its abusive owner. Although they fail repeatedly, they cannot stop trying-though Izzy wonders why not. What's so important that they have to risk "life and limb" to save this dog? But then Izzy learns a truth about Seven, a reality that is so horrible, that she realizes it isn't only Bone who needs saving-it is Seven.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780692761588
Publisher:	Outsider Girls Press
Publication date:	07/28/2016
Pages:	150
Product dimensions:	5.08(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.32(d)

About the Author

Shelley Stoehr is the critically acclaimed, award-winning author of four novels for young adults and four stories in YA anthologies. Most recently, she is the co-author of the paranormal, YA thriller, Weresisters with author John Patrick Kennedy (December 2014). Shelley's first book, Crosses, was also the first novel for young adults about self-injury. In the 1990's, School Library Journal said, "Stoehr's narrative flow is a strength, as is her ability to capture the rhythms, attitudes, and feelings of teens," and in 2011, blogger Dave Kiersh wrote, "Stoehr writes about young women in a way that few others do. She presents characters and gives a voice to girls that are seldom heard about in today's commodified popular culture." In 2012, Chicklish wrote (about Stoehr's Somebody's Daughter), "This is one for readers who enjoy thought-provoking, intense fiction."

Saving Bone is Shelley's first novel for middle graders.