Dime

The realities of teen prostitution are revealed in this eye-opening, heartbreaking story from the author of America, which Booklist called "a piercing, unforgettable novel" and Kirkus Reviews deemed "a work of sublime humanity."

As a teen girl in Newark, New Jersey, lost in the foster care system, Dime just wants someone to care about her, to love her. A family. And that is exactly what she gets--a daddy and two "wifeys." So what if she has to go out and earn some coins to keep her place? It seems a fair enough exchange for love.

Dime never meant to become a prostitute. It happened so gradually, she pretty much didn't realize it was happening until it was too late.

But when a new "wifey" joins the family and Dime finds out that Daddy doesn't love her the way she thought he did, will Dime have the strength to leave? And will Daddy let her?

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 05/26/2015
ISBN: 9781481431606
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.80w x 1.10d
Award: Tayshas Reading - Highly Commended

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2015
School Library Journal 03/01/2015 pg. 154
Publishers Weekly 03/23/2015
Booklist 04/15/2015 pg. 47
Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2015 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2015 pg. 131
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2015
PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/02/2015 pg. 90

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 179330 / Dime
Reading Level: 4.3 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 10