WHAT SOME AMAZING YA AUTHORS SAY ABOUT "ALMOST HOME"PATRICIA MCCORMICK SAYS: "Gritty and authentic, ALMOST HOME is an unflinching look at life on the streets. Jessica Blank's streetwise characters are tough and vulnerable, hardened but hopeful, kids who are forgotten--unforgettable."ELLEN HOPKINS SAYS: "Jessica Blank's gut-wrenching first novel weaves the stories of seven teens living on the edge-- the edge of the city, the edge of society, the edge of friendship. Each is a thread in a fragile tapestry. One unravels, the others follow. Honest. Bone-chilling. Stunning."
MELVIN BURGESS SAYS: "ALMOST HOME isn't just the best YA book I've read in years, it's the best book full stop. Jessica Blank has conjured up a group of frighteningly real characters, all desperate, all full of love and unable to give it or show it, trying to make contact with each other on the streets of Hollywood. A truly impressive book."Oh, and the film rights were just optioned--Jon Bon Jovi is going to produce the movie and my husband and I are adapting the screenplay!Read it now!
http://www.amazon.com/Almost-Home-Jessica-Blank/dp/142310642
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"Almost Home" is my first novel! It's the story of seven homeless teenagers struggling to survive on the streets of Hollywood.It's about the Hollywood we never see--gritty, dangerous and real. These are the kids who live on its sidewalks, struggling to find themselves, and each other, in a world that wants to tear them apart.There's Eeyore, just twelve years old when she runs away from her privileged home, harboring a secret she's too ashamed to tell anyone. Rusty winds up alone and broke when his older boyfriend ditches him in Hollywood. Squid has survived a meth-addict mom and too many foster homes to count--now he's determined to create his own "sidewalk family" out on the streets. There's Scabius, a rough, delusional punk from Utah, and Critter, a heroin dealer with movie-star looks and a vulnerable heart. Laura, smart and restless, has run to L.A. looking for something bigger than the tiny town she comes from.And then there's Tracy, the charismatic, damaged thread that ties them all together, irrevocably changing each person's life she touches.....
