After
After 
Amy Efaw
Devon has inexplicably found herself in a terrible position. After a newborn baby is found in a trash can behind her apartment building, she is caught by the police bleeding on her couch. She can't seem to explain what happened...she has no recollection of being pregnant, or of having a baby, or so she claims. So off to juvie she goes, where her lawyer and therapist fight to have her tried as a juvenile, rather than possibly spend the rest of her life in jail as an adult tried for premeditated murder.
A truly gripping read, in which the author tries to understand why nearly every day a newborn baby is abandoned or murdered by its mother. Readers will be fascinated by the hard details of detainment, and made heartsick by the neglect and isolation felt by this girl who tried so hard to be perfect and ends up making such a tremendous error. Recommended for high school and up.
Amy Efaw
Devon has inexplicably found herself in a terrible position. After a newborn baby is found in a trash can behind her apartment building, she is caught by the police bleeding on her couch. She can't seem to explain what happened...she has no recollection of being pregnant, or of having a baby, or so she claims. So off to juvie she goes, where her lawyer and therapist fight to have her tried as a juvenile, rather than possibly spend the rest of her life in jail as an adult tried for premeditated murder.
A truly gripping read, in which the author tries to understand why nearly every day a newborn baby is abandoned or murdered by its mother. Readers will be fascinated by the hard details of detainment, and made heartsick by the neglect and isolation felt by this girl who tried so hard to be perfect and ends up making such a tremendous error. Recommended for high school and up.