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Counting Backwards
2012
First Published
3.73
Average Rating
288
Number of Pages

Three weeks ago I tried to run away from home. Now all I want is to go back. When troubled Taylor Truwell is caught with a stolen car and lands in court for resisting arrest, her father convinces the judge of an alternative to punishment: treatment in a juvenile psychiatric correctional facility. Sunny Meadows is anything but the easy way out, and Taylor has to fight hard just to hold on to her sanity as she battles her parents, her therapist, and vicious fellow patients. But even as Taylor struggles to hold on to her stubborn former self, she finds herself relenting as she lets in two unlikely friends—Margo, a former child star and arsonist, and AJ, a mysterious boy who doesn’t speak. In this striking debut, Laura Lascarso weaves together a powerful story of anger and self-destruction, hope and love.

Avg Rating
3.73
Number of Ratings
656
5 STARS
27%
4 STARS
34%
3 STARS
27%
2 STARS
8%
1 STARS
3%
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Author

Laura Lascarso
Laura Lascarso
Author · 23 books

MM+ AUTHOR | Romance so good it hurts Laura Lascarso wants you to stay up way past your bedtime reading her stories. She aims to inspire more questions than answers in her fiction and believes in the power of storytelling to heal and transform a society. When not writing, Laura can be found screaming “finish” on the soccer fields, rewatching Avatar: The Last Airbender, and trying to convince politicians to act on climate change. She lives in North Florida with her darling husband and two kids. She loves hearing from readers, and she’d be delighted to hear from you. Join her Facebook group at www.facebook.com/groups/LaurasLounge Sign up for her newsletter at www.lauralascarso.com

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