Under the Family Tree - 3236

“A riveting coming-of-age novel… Difficult to put down.” - Readers’ Favorite ***** A raw and emotionally charged journey of a courageous young girl wading through a world of family secrets and an unsolved murder case, while searching for the truth about her identity. How would you feel if the life you knew ceased to exist? Living with a single mother who receives annual Christmas cards from the bartenders in town, high school sophomore Dakota Lodi is used to a bumpy ride in life. To cope, she keeps a low profile, obsesses over her awesome music playlists, and hangs out with her only friend, Rosie Peña. It’s a recipe for survival, at least. Until her mother is sentenced to four years in prison on drug charges, and her world is shattered. How far would you go to learn the truth? Forced to live with her estranged grandmother, Dakota must find a way to pick up the pieces of her life. She decides to search for the father she’s never known. With the help of Rosie, they track down her mother’s old friends to gather intel, but most of them aren’t interested in reliving the past. And when the girls unearth a cold-case homicide, tensions in the community ramp up.Dakota suspects the case is related to her fathers story, but to learn the truth, she’ll have to keep digging. Even if what she finds might change everything she thought she knew about her family. Under the Family Tree is a page-turning mystery combined with a heart wrenching, yet hopeful, coming-of-age story. Dakota Lodi is an iconic YA character, equal parts swagger and innocence, who will make you cry on one page and laugh on the next.
ASIN: B0DJJYT42H
VSKU: BVV.B0DJJYT42H.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Feinstein, Gary
Binding: Paperback