Nothing to Lose Book Talk by Nancy Keane

Michael Daye is in hiding.  He has taken a new identity as Robert Frost and has joined the carnival.  He now runs the Whack-a-Mole booth and tries to forget.  He tries to forget what his life was like a year ago.  Before he ran away.  But now the carnival is back in Miami and the memories are flooding back in.  Memories of his abusive stepfather.  Of his helpless mother.  Of the times he had tried to get her to leave.  But there is no where to escape now.  He's back and his mother's trial is set to begin.  Her trial for the murder of the man who beat her on a regular basis.  Is there anything that Michael can do now to help his mother?  After years of not being able to help her, maybe now is the time.

SUBJECTS:      Runaways -- Fiction.
                        Wife abuse -- Fiction.
                        Murder -- Fiction.
                        Mothers and sons -- Fiction.
                        Trials (Murder) -- Fiction.
                        Miami (Fla.) -- Fiction.

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