Sun Don't Shine
Regal House Publishing · Paperback · January 16, 2024
Sixteen-year-old Reece is an expert at keeping secrets.
- Genres
- YA Mysteries, Runaway Stories, Thrillers & Suspense
- Published
- Regal House Publishing, January 16, 2024
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Lean, tough YA with a raw, immediate pull.
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- runaway-stories energy, pared to a phrase
- a teens-facing look at poverty and parent trouble
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- short, direct chapters
- emotion over explanation
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Sixteen-year-old Reece is an expert at keeping secrets. She has to be, since her father abducted her ten years ago. For as long as she can remember, she’ s been on the run, sneaking food out of the dumpster and sleeping in the woods. Every time she moves, the same rules apply— cut your hair, change your name, and, above all, don’ t let anybody get too close. Reece has no choice except to obey Dad’ s orders.
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When Reece meets her first real friend, a boy named Shawn, she begins to realize that everyone else has secrets too. And the deadliest secret of all is the one her father has kept from her all these years.
Where it sits
| Thrillers & Suspense | 50% |
|---|---|
| YA Mysteries | 46% |
| Runaway Stories | 43% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Coming of Age
- YA Stories About Girls & Women
- City Life for Teens
- Social Themes for Teens
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- Homelessness & Poverty for Teens
- Thrillers & Suspense
- Authors
- Crissa-Jean Chappell
- Publisher
- Regal House Publishing
- Published
- January 16, 2024
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Coming of Age