Smoke

by Ellen Hopkins

Genres: YA Family

Synopsis

Pattyn Von Stratten' s father is dead, and Pattyn is on the run. After far too many years of abuse at the hands of her father, and after the tragic loss of her beloved Ethan and their unborn child, Pattyn is desperate for peace. Only her sister Jackie knows what happened that night, but she is stuck at home with their mother, who clings to normalcy by allowing the truth to be covered up by their domineering community leaders. Her father might be finally gone, but without Pattyn, Jackie is desperately isolated.
Alone and in disguise, Pattyn starts a new life as a migrant worker on a California ranch. But is it even possible to rebuild a life when everything you' ve known has burned to ash and lies seem far safer than the truth?
Bestselling author Ellen Hopkins continues the riveting story of Pattyn Von Stratten she began in Burned to explore what it takes to rise from the ashes, put ghosts to rest, and step into a future.

Release date: February 3, 2015

Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books

Print pages: 560

Sample

Smoke

Pattyn Scarlet Von Stratten

Some Things

You can’t take back, no

matter how much you wish

you could. No matter how

hard you pray to

some

all-powerful miracle maker.

Some supposed God of Love.

One you struggle to believe

exists, because if he did,

things

wouldn’t be so out of control,

and you wouldn’t be sucked dry

of love and left to be crushed

like old brittle bones that

are

easily ground into dust.

Hindsight is useless

when looking back over

your shoulder at deeds

irreversible.