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Jump the Cracks
Jump the Cracks
Jump the Cracks
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Jump the Cracks

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What would you do? As far as I'm concerned, there's no excuse not to be decent...Especially when you're responsible for a kid. It just figures that fifteen-year old Victoria's dad fails once again to be at the train station like he's promised. Fuming, Victoria watches as a teen mom stashes her bruised little boy in the train's bathroom. When the mom gets off the train alone, Victoria decides she has had it with all the poor excuses who call themselves parents. Making a split-second decision, Victoria boards the next train out of town-taking the little boy with her. No, really, what would you do? Victoria's staying on the run until everyone responsible starts keeping their promises. This kid's not falling through the cracks. Not on her watch.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherFlux
Release dateJan 8, 2013
ISBN9780738738871
Jump the Cracks
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Stacy DeKeyser

Growing up in Wisconsin, Stacy DeKeyser spent her childhood summers reading at the library. The author of two middle-grade nonfiction books, Stacy has since turned to writing fiction. She received a Work-in-Progress Grant from SCBWI for her first novel, and is now working on her second novel for young people. She lives in Connecticut.

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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Really good book but so much of it didn't meet up with reality. While I admire what the character was trying to do I don't approve of giving teen readers the idea that doing what she did is the right way to handle the situation she found herself in or that all would come out okay as this story did. Still I was eagerly turning the pages to get to the end. Not sure I would recommend it though.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    It just figures that Victoria's dad fails once again to be at the train station like he's promised. Fuming, Victoria watches as a teen mom statshes her bruised little boy in the train's bathroom. When the mom gets off the train alone, Victoria decides she's had it with all the poor excuses who call themselves parents. Making a split-second decision, Victoria boards the next train out of town-taking the little boy with her.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Victoria has HAD IT with adults lying to her and breaking promises. Her dad's been letting her down ever since he moved to New York, ever since he left their family. And he wasn't there to meet Victoria's train from Connecticut. And she needed him to be there. If he had been there, maybe she wouldn't have been in such a mess. Maybe she wouldn't have taken the toddler whose mother left him in the bathroom on the train. Maybe he could have helped her figure out what to do. But he wasn't there and now Victoria is on her own with a two-year-old to take care of and a man threatening her because he thinks she stole his money. But whatever happens, Victoria's made a promise to this kid. She won't let him fall through the cracks. I picked up this novel and didn't want to put it down. Although the premise is somewhat outlandish, Victoria felt really real to me. She's idealistic and passionate and stubborn, but she knows that she can't take care of a two-year-old forever. She reaches out for help and keeps reaching out, even when the adults around her disappoint, until she finds someone she can finally trust.

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