The Hollow Inside (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781547606115)

Sadie meets The Glass Castle in a smart, gripping, and twisty YA debut about a girl seeking to reveal the truth about her mother-and herself.

Seventeen-year-old Phoenix has spent much of her life drifting from town to town with her mom Nina, using their charms to swindle and steal to get by. Now they've made it to their ultimate destination, Mom's hometown of Jasper Hollow. The plan: bring down Ellis Bowman, the man who ruined Nina's life.

When Phoenix gets caught spying on Ellis, she spins a convincing story that inadvertently gives her full access to the Bowman family. As she digs deeper into their secrets (and begins to fall for daughter Melody), she finds herself entrenched in the tale of a death and a disappearance that doesn't entirely line up with what Mom has told her.

But there's even more to this story Phoenix doesn't know. Who, if anyone, is telling the whole truth about what happened? Debut author Brooke Lauren Davis explores the murkiness of right and wrong, of choices and consequences, of heroes and villains, in an eerily compelling and thought-provoking small-town saga.

Author: Brooke Lauren Davis
ISBN-10: 1547606118
ISBN-13: 9781547606115
Publisher: Bloomsbury YA
Language: English
Published: 05/25/2021
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.75w x 1.20d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.4
Point Value: 14
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 521658 / Hollow Inside


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2021
Publishers Weekly 04/05/2021
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2021
Booklist 04/15/2021 pg. 44
School Library Journal 05/01/2021 pg. 81