Dating down

By Stefanie Lyons

Subjects: Narrative poetry, Juvenile literature, Novels in verse, Family life, fiction, Friendship, fiction, Families, Dating (social customs), fiction, Dating (Social customs), Fiction, Chicago (ill.), fiction, Children's fiction, Conduct of life, fiction, Artists, fiction, Conduct of life, Juvenile fiction, Artists, Family life, Friendship

Description: Seventeen-year-old aspiring artist Samantha Henderson, eager to learn about life and to get away from her father's political campaigns and her stepmother, refuses to give up on her new boyfriend, "X," even after he proves to be trouble, damaging her friendships and introducing her to drugs.