Except Ro has changed since the year before and she has joined a gang. When he pushes her and she falls, she decides she has had enough and leaves him, taking away the girls to her parents’ place in San Jose.Īrrived there, Lucy who has always been closer to her father is angry and reconnects with her summer friend, Ro. The book starts with Lucy and Ruth’s mom fighting with their father who is drunk. However, Lucy was still the main character, most of the story revolved around her and the chapters in her point of view were the most frequent and usually the longest. Those three characters had each a point of view. This book told the story of Lucy, Ruth and their mom. Had I been warned, I probably wouldn’t have picked up this book.

You cannot publish a book as YA and not warn that there are rape scenes, self harm, all kinds of drugs, lots of cringe-worthy violence. I was provided an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.ĭear publishers, we need to have a talk about trigger warnings. Ultimately it's their bond with each other that holds them together, in a true test of love, loss and survival. Love is waiting for all of them in LA, but pursuing a life without Lucy could mean losing her forever. Told from three points of view, the story follows Lucy down the rabbit hole, along with her mother and sister as they sacrifice dreams and happiness, friendships and futures. She befriends the wrong people, members of another gang, and every bad choice she makes drags the family into her dangerous world. When things get too heavy, and lives are at stake, the three girls head for LA seeking a better life.īut trouble always follows Lucy. They teach her to fight, to shank, to beat a person unconscious and play with guns. Lucy's barrio friends have changed since her last visit. They run to their grandparents' place, a trailer park mobile home in the barrio of San Jose. When they move to the city with their mother, leaving behind their family ranch and dead-beat father, Lucy unravels.

Lucy and Ruth are country girls from a broken home. The members of her crew call her, Guera, Spanish for 'white girl' and it doesn't take long for her to get lost in their world of guns and drugs. KAT ROSS, best-selling author of The Midnight SeaĬARRY ME HOME is a fictional novel inspired by the true story of a teenage girl's involvement in several Mexican gangs in San Jose and Los Angeles. This book will haunt and uplift readers long after they turn the last page.' 'A riveting page-turner.Jessica Therrien broke my heart into a million pieces-and then put it back together again.

Carry Me Home by Jessica Therrien