Nothing to Lose
By Alex Flinn
4/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
I shouldn't have come back to Miami . . . I've been escaping cops' notice for a year now. I'm no longer Michael Daye, high school athlete with a promising future. Now I look like someone whit no future.
When Michael saw a chance to leave town with a traveling carnival a year ago, he took it. Back then, his home life was spinning violently out of control. The carnival, with its "no questions asked" policy, seemed like a welcome escape. But now Michael's job has brought him back to Miami, where his mother is on trial for murder, making him wonder how much longer he can hide from his past . . . and his future.
Alex Flinn
Alex Flinn loves fairy tales and is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Beastly, a spin on Beauty and the Beast that was named a VOYA Editor’s Choice and an ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers. Beastly is now a major motion picture starring Vanessa Hudgens. Alex also wrote A Kiss in Time, a modern retelling of Sleeping Beauty; Cloaked, a humorous fairy-tale mash-up; Bewitching, a reimagining of fairy-tale favorites, including Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella, The Princess and the Pea, and The Little Mermaid, all told by Kendra, the witch from Beastly; Towering, a darkly romantic take on Rapunzel; and Mirrored, a fresh spin on Snow White. Her other books for teens include Breathing Underwater, Breaking Point, Nothing to Lose, Fade to Black, and Diva. She lives in Miami with her family. Visit her online at www.alexflinn.com.
Read more from Alex Flinn
Breaking Point Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Beastly: Lindy's Diary Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Towering Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Fade to Black Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cloaked Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Kiss in Time Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beheld Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Taking Aim: Power and Pain, Teens and Guns Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Love, Jacaranda Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related to Nothing to Lose
Related ebooks
The Dark Queen: A Young Adult Urban Fantasy Novel: The Soulless War Trilogy, #1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsViolet Grenade Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Cloaked Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sticks and Stones Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Every Stolen Breath Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Yellow Line Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Kiss in Time Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Protected Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Promise Me Something Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Taken Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Pretty Sly Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jelly Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Automatic Age Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Destined Divines: Divine Witches, #1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTwo and Twenty Dark Tales: Dark Retellings of Mother Goose Rhymes Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Half in Love with Death Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Whereafter (Afterlife #3) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beheld Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Brokenhearted Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5We Hear the Dead Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Predicteds Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Going Dark: A Blackout Novella Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Perfect Shot Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fake Plastic Girl Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Trap Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nocturne Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Ricochet Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThereafter (Afterlife #2) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Something Girl Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shallow Grave Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
YA Social Themes For You
The Giver: A Newbery Award Winner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Witch of Blackbird Pond: A Newbery Award Winner Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Better Than the Movies Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Powerless Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pretty Little Liars Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Summer I Turned Pretty Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ace of Spades Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5They Both Die at the End Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Delirium Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Way I Used to Be Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Firekeeper's Daughter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hate U Give: A Printz Honor Winner Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Gallant Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Daughter of the Siren Queen Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Daughter of the Pirate King Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Giver Quartet Omnibus Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Monster: A Printz Award Winner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Today Tonight Tomorrow Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Little Prince: New Translation by Richard Mathews with Restored Original Art Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last to Let Go Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Thunderhead Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Five Feet Apart Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Son Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Allegedly Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This Is Where It Ends Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Me and Earl and the Dying Girl: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Poet X Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Movie Tie-in Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Gift for a Ghost: A Graphic Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Reviews for Nothing to Lose
56 ratings4 reviews
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It's been a few years since I read this book, but I remember being really engaged, and very moved by the dilema of the protagonist. Very well written.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Through her many professions, Alex Flinn has worked with violent teens and teens in violent situations. She understands abuse in a way I hope never to. "Nothing to Lose" is one of her many books that helps the understand these kinds of situations. As "Nothing to Lose" opens, Michael Daye's mother is on trial for her husband's murder and Michael is in hiding as a carny. The book unfolds with two timelines. In the past, Michael tries persuasion to get his mother to leave her abusive husband. He feels he needs to protect her, but nothing works. The violence is escalating into the danger zone but his mother won't help herself. In the present, Michael is on the run, caught off from the people of his past, and unsure of what to do next. The two timelines are skillfully woven together to form an interesting, if not terrible surprising, story.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nothing to Lose is a well written and fast paced book. You can tell by the detail given Alex Flinn knows her stuff. From the beginning of the story you are hooked and cannot put the book down. This is a tale of redemption that ends in a not expected way. The story's characters are well written and have good depth. The only thing I wish we would have found out more about is the step-fathers story. But you do have to have a bad guy.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Good plot twists throughout will keep YA readers guessing as to what will happen next.