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The Last Chance Texaco | Brent Hartinger

Lucy has spent her whole life in the System. Losing her parents at an early age took its toll, and an angry girl can wreack much havoc…especially upon herself. So when she winds up at Kindle Home, what the kids in the system consider the last chance before the dire move to Rabbit Island, from which most don’t return, she figures her time is short.

When she starts off at her new school by inadvertently pissing off a couple of the local rich kids, then follows it up by getting into a fist fight with one of them, she knows she’s on thin ice. But Leon, who is unlike any other Group Home Counselor she’s met, won’t give up on her, and won’t let her give up on herself.

When her punishment for fighting brings about an unexpected friendship between herself and the boy she punched, she really starts to rethink her outlook. But just when she starts to find a reason to hold on, someone else starts trying to get Kindle Home shut down. Can she save her home, her friends, and her new life? Or will her stay at the Last Chance Texaco be what she expected all along?

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