Hold me tight

By Lorie Ann Grover

Subjects: Family problems, Sexual abuse victims, Kidnapping, Fiction, Sexual abuse, Juvenile fiction, Schools, Emotional problems

Description: In Miami, Florida, ten-year-old Essie has trouble finding the strength and courage to overcome her feelings of fear, guilt, and shame when her father abandons their family, a classmate is kidnapped, and then a family friend molests her.