As she passes out, they call an ambulance and read her her rights. Moments later, the cops show up and they and Devon's mom discover she's hemorrhaging. Plot (in my words): The book opens with Devon lying on the couch in a haze when her mother comes home from work. I had good feelings about this one and I'm so glad that my expectations were met. I put it down to eat supper and that's about it. I started reading this around four in the afternoon and finished in just a few hours, around seven. Was she buried in a denial so deep that she was unable to register the seemingly obvious signs of pregnancy? Or were her actions the result of a more devious, premedited plan? If she'd tried as an adult, she faces like in prison.ĭoes Devon deserve that punishment? Your answer depends on whether you believe her story – that she didn't even know she was pregnant. Now Devon's in a juvenile detention center, charged with attempted murder. But desperation and panic drove her to do what most people can't even imagine. Summary (from the inside of the book 'cause I like it better than the goodreads one): Who would leave her own baby in the trash to die?Ĭertainly not someone like Devon – a straight-A student, soccor player with Olympic dreams, more mature than her own mother.

Genre: Contemporary young adult fiction, I believe. Published: August 11th, 2009 by Viking Juvenille

After by Amy Efaw