We Are the Ashes, We Are the Fire
Author: McCullough, Joy
ISBN: 9780525556060
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 03 May 2022
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback / softback
From the author of the acclaimed Plt;iPgt;Blood Water Paint,Plt;/iPgt; a new contemporary YA novel in prose and verse about a girl struggling with guilt and a desire for revenge after her sisterP#39;s rapist escapes with no prison time.
Plt;bPgt;From the author of the acclaimed Plt;iPgt;Blood Water Paint,Plt;/iPgt; a new contemporary YA novel in prose and verse about a girl struggling with guilt and a desire for revenge after her sisterP#39;s rapist escapes with no prison time.Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Em MoralesP#39;s older sister was raped by another student after a frat party. A jury eventually found the rapist guilty on all counts--a remarkable verdict that Em felt more than a little responsible for, since she was her sisterP#39;s strongest advocate on social media during the trial. Her passion and outspokenness helped dissuade the DA from settling for a plea deal. EmP#39;s family would have real justice. Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;But the victory is short-lived. In a matter of minutes, justice vanishes as the judge turns the Morales familyP#39;s world upside down again by sentencing the rapist to no prison time. While her family is stunned, Em is literally sick with rage and guilt. To make matters worse, a news clip of her saying that the sentence makes her want to learn Pquot;how to use a swordPquot; goes viral.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;From this low point, Em must find a new reason to go on and help her family heal, and she finds it in the unlikely form of the story of a fifteenth-century French noblewoman, Marguerite de Bressieux, who is legendary as an avenging knight for rape victims.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt;We Are the Ashes, We Are the FirePlt;/iPgt; is a searing and nuanced portrait of a young woman torn between a persistent desire for revenge and a burning need for hope.
ISBN: 9780525556060
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 03 May 2022
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback / softback
From the author of the acclaimed Plt;iPgt;Blood Water Paint,Plt;/iPgt; a new contemporary YA novel in prose and verse about a girl struggling with guilt and a desire for revenge after her sisterP#39;s rapist escapes with no prison time.
Plt;bPgt;From the author of the acclaimed Plt;iPgt;Blood Water Paint,Plt;/iPgt; a new contemporary YA novel in prose and verse about a girl struggling with guilt and a desire for revenge after her sisterP#39;s rapist escapes with no prison time.Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Em MoralesP#39;s older sister was raped by another student after a frat party. A jury eventually found the rapist guilty on all counts--a remarkable verdict that Em felt more than a little responsible for, since she was her sisterP#39;s strongest advocate on social media during the trial. Her passion and outspokenness helped dissuade the DA from settling for a plea deal. EmP#39;s family would have real justice. Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;But the victory is short-lived. In a matter of minutes, justice vanishes as the judge turns the Morales familyP#39;s world upside down again by sentencing the rapist to no prison time. While her family is stunned, Em is literally sick with rage and guilt. To make matters worse, a news clip of her saying that the sentence makes her want to learn Pquot;how to use a swordPquot; goes viral.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;From this low point, Em must find a new reason to go on and help her family heal, and she finds it in the unlikely form of the story of a fifteenth-century French noblewoman, Marguerite de Bressieux, who is legendary as an avenging knight for rape victims.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt;We Are the Ashes, We Are the FirePlt;/iPgt; is a searing and nuanced portrait of a young woman torn between a persistent desire for revenge and a burning need for hope.
