Loved ita duology that i am counting together not a drop to drink and in a handful of dust by mindy mcginnis i read both of these books this year and of all the books i read this year this one was the most realistic setting to me
In a handful of dust (2014)
Others: Positive "In a barren land, teenage Lucy is taken away from the community she has grown up in and searches the vast countryside for a new home"-- In a barren land, teenaged Lucy is taken away from the community she has grown up in and searches the vast countryside for a new home. The plot contains profanity and graphic violence.
- ISBN:
- 9780062198532
- Length:
- 374 pages
Genres: romance, young adult
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