Tony Battista is seventeen. He's been knocked around in foster
care and criminal neighborhoods for two-thirds of his life. Now
he's been uprooted and replanted in a small town. The Good People
from Coralville don't take kindly to having a 'bad boy' trans-
planted in their midst. Suspicious eyes and doubtful voices
follow him as he tries to survive his senior year without looking
for trouble. Unfortunately, crime pops up all around him. If
Sheriff Lindsey is going to solve them, she'll need this city
boy's gut instinct and survival sense.

When I'm writing reviews, I keep notes for myself. By the end of
the third chapter, I had only one note: 'This is a darned good
book.' Ms. Gifford has a gift for sitting inside another person's skin,
and drawing the reader inside with her. Instead of a card-
board cutout hero, I meet Tony. He's so real to me that I cheer
his successes and mourn his disappointments.

For a young adult novel, fast-paced, gritty, and kind, I doubt
very much that you could beat The Good People of Coralville by
Lazette Gifford. Please, Lazette, write more!

Jeanette Cottrell, Reviewer
eBook Reviews Weekly
http://www.ebook-reviews.net
Author of "There's No Such Thing!"
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