"Emily Calby disappeared at age twelve, the only survivor of a notorious home invasion. Three years after her terrifying odyssey in THE HIDING GIRL, she's safe, living in anonymity with her mentor, ex-gang member Lucas Jackson--before life blows up again on her Sweet Sixteen birthday. Arrested for carrying her birthday gift--an illegal handgun from Lucas--a fingerprint scan shows her to be the missing Calby girl and worse: she's wanted for murder in another state. Extradited to a corrupt juvenile prison in the middle of nowhere, Emily struggles to adjust to a new code of survival while battling a vindictive prosecutor willing to resort to any means to convict her. As The Law thwarts her every move, she begins to appreciate its awesome power. She discovers and unused prison law library and buries herself in the books, casting her destiny. Fighting for her life in court, the dark secrets behind the prison walls close in. Her cellmate, a spookily prescient drug addict who reminds Emily of her dead sister, is in grave danger. So is her first love, a gentle boy sentenced to life without parole. Emily's desperate to help them, but how can she, when her explosive trial brings one new disaster after another? A courtroom thriller like no other." -- From the back cover
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