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Rosie Girl
Rosie Girl | Julie Shepard
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Little Peach meets We Were Liars in this haunting YA debut about a troubled teen searching for her birth mom who uncovers disturbing family secrets along the way. After her father passes away, seventeen-year-old Rosie is forced to live with her abusive stepmom Lucy and her deadbeat boyfriend, Judd, who gives Rosie the sort of looks you shouldnt give your girlfriends step-daughter. Desperate for a way out, Rosie would do just about anything to escape the life shes been handed. Then she finds a letter her dad wrote years ago, a letter confessing that Rosie's birth mother isn't dead, as she believed, but alive somewherehaving left them when Rosie was a little girl for reasons he won't reveal. Rosie resolves to find her birth mom, and she'll put everything on the line to make that happen. She hires a PI paid for by her best friend, Mary, who turns tricks for money. Unlike Rosie, Mary's no delicate flower and when she sees the opportunity to make some cash and help out her closest friend, she takes it. Romance blooms when the PI Rosie hires hands the case off to his handsome nephew Mac, but Rosie struggles to keep her illicit activities with Mary a secret. Things begin to unravel when Rosie starts getting creepy anonymous texts from johns looking for Mary. And then there's Mary, the one person Rosie can count on, who's been acting strangely all of a sudden. As Rosie and Mary get closer to finally uncovering the truth about Rosie's mom, Rosie comes face to face with a secret she never saw coming. A visceral, poignant tale of friendship, sacrifice and identity, Rosie Girl is an unforgettable debut that will leave you guessing till the very last page.
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Kaylamburson
Rosie Girl | Julie Shepard
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I finished this one on my plane ride to Ohio (officially on winter break!!), but it had the most jaw-dropping twist. I was not expecting it at all. I'm still working through how that changes my thoughts about the rest of the novel as it's dropped on you and then the book ends!! I wish there was more of an ending and explanation as there are so many unanswered questions. However, it is a great book throughout. Definitely some triggers though.

mrp27 Yay for winter break! Safe travels. 7y
Kaylamburson Thanks so much, @mrp27!! It has been wonderful and relaxing so far! 7y
mrp27 Yay!! Glad it's been a good trip so far! Happy Holidays to you and your family! 7y
Kaylamburson Thank you, @mrp27 !! Happy Holidays to you and yours, too!! 7y
mrp27 Thank you! 7y
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Rosie Girl | Julie Shepard
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This is what our reviewer had to say about #RosieGirl by Julie Shepard, "Very rarely have I ever come through a book that has mesmerized me like Shepard‘s ROSIE GIRL. From page one, I was mesmerized by Rosie, wanting to take in as much information I could about her...."

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Matilda
Rosie Girl | Julie Shepard
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#Riotgrams June 13: freebie

monkeygirlsmama Great pic! 👍 8y
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Matilda
Rosie Girl | Julie Shepard
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#bookmail "fresh, riveting, and disturbing." --I wasn't expecting the "disturbing" and now I'm super interested ?

monkeygirlsmama I like the covers 8y
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