About the Novel

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She calls herself Maybe. Thrown out by her abusive mom, she struggles to survive on the streets of New York with other homeless teens who become a family in the asphalt jungle.

WINNER OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION'S:

BEST BOOK FOR TEENS
And
BEST BOOK FOR RELUCTANT READERS

"A powerful and disturbing look at the downward spiral of despair that remains too common for too many teens." - School Library Journal

"Strasser's vibrant prose plunges young readers into Maybe's hard life, all without the use of profanity. A very welcome addition to the slice-of-life genre in YA literature that may help change some real lives." - Kirkus

"A story about people that we pretend don't exist; Strasser makes us know them." - Booklist (Dec.)