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Store-Bought Baby

by Sandra Belton · 2006

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from what the police report said i was probablykissing lester at the exact timemy brother killed himself

wouldn't mama just love to hear that

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There's only one thing that matters. I begin to know somewhere deep inside of me that I would give anything on this earth to be able to hug my brother again.

Genre
literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
griefgriefMore like thisLess of thissiblingssiblingsMore like thisLess of thissuicidesuicideMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisChicagoChicagoMore like thisLess of this
Mood
emotionalemotionalMore like thisLess of this
Audience
young adult
Length
medium · 246 pages

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