Forgive me not
(Book)

Set in an alternate version of Queens, N.Y., fifteen-year-old Violetta must participate in the Trials, a series of tests meant to push her to the edge, to atone for her sister's death.

All it took was one night and one bad decision for fifteen-year-old Violetta Chen-Samuels' life to go off the rails. After driving drunk and causing the accident that kills her little sister, Violetta is incarcerated. As a juvenile offender, her fate is in the hands of those she's wronged -- her family. With their forgiveness, she could go home. But without it? Well... Denied their forgiveness, Violetta is now left with two options, neither good -- remain in juvenile detention for an uncertain sentence or participate in the Trials, potentially regaining her freedom and what she wants most of all, her family's love. But the Trials are no easy feat and in the quest to prove her remorse, Violetta is forced to confront not only her family's pain, but her own--and the question of whether their forgiveness is more important than forgiving herself.

Ages 12 and up.,Nancy Paulsen Books.

Grades 7-9.,Nancy Paulsen Books.