OLDER FICTION
(3) YA The only life sheltered teenager Alva Jane knows is within the walls of a fundamentalist Latter Day Saints community. When an innocent first kiss results in violence and isolation, Alva Jane must decide whether to challenge her strict mother's admonition to always "keep sweet." Though the transition from believer to apostate is abrupt, Greene creates an engrossing narrative.

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