Taking Sides
Taking Sides (Locked Out)
Taking Sides
Patrick Jones
At odds with his sister, Tina, fourteen, who says their father murdered their mother, Todd, fifteen, who claims it was self-defense, begins to lose faith in their father when he pressures Todd to get Tina to change her story, and being in separate fosterhomes only makes things harder.

Book Details

Genre: 

  • Fiction

Age Level: 

  • 12 and up
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This book is about a boy named Todd.  After Todd and his sister, Tina, watched their dad kill their mother, Todd knows his dad killed her to save them from their angry mom.  But that isn't how Tina saw it.  She claims their mom wasn't doing anything wrong.  The three of them get separated; Todd and Tina in foster homes, their dad in jail.   Todd wants his innocent father to get out of jail as soon as possible, but with Tina's claims, he doesn't see that happening.  Will Todd figure out a way to get his dad out of jail, or does he get stuck

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