By Aric Davis
Place: Publisher & Year: Las Vegas, NV: AmazonEncore, c2010
Genre: Mystery, hard boiled crime fiction, suspense
ISBN: 9781935597322
Audience: Young adult
Number of pages: 197
Setting: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Time period: Contemporary
Plot summary: Nickel is a twelve year old child abuse survivor and foster child escapee. At the age of ten, he ran away from his foster home and has been living outside the system since then. He makes his money in a variety of ways, including growing marijuana and blackmailing pedophiles he finds online. While he worries about his income, he also works for free for kids. When a beautiful high school student, Arrow, comes to Nickel for help finding her younger sister, Shelby, Nickel can’t say no. Hopefully, he’ll be able to find Shelby soon. The longer it takes, the less chance she has of being found alive. Continue reading