Legacy
Family stories, General fiction
Summary
A powerful coming-of-age novel about a seventeen-year-old girl who joins a radical environmental movement in the Pacific Northwest Ever since her older brother Andy died Alison s life has been just as dark as her home in Tacoma … Washington Her mom is in perpetual mourning her father ran out on them and after hanging out with Andy s hard-partying friends for a year Alison s reputation is trashed She planned on taking the path of least resistance during her senior year--hanging out with her punk rocker boyfriend and trying not to flunk out of school--until a massive fight with her mother pushes her over the edge and she runs away At first joining a group of radical environmentalists who are occupying a Washington State forest is just about having a place to crash But the ancient woods prove to be as vibrant and welcoming as they are vulnerable and for the first time Alison realizes that she might be more powerful than she thought As tensions in the forest mount and confrontations with authorities get physical Alison has to decide whether she s willing to put her own life on the line to fight for what she believes in In this stunning literary work Jessica Blank uses the anti-establishment and radical mood of the 1990s to show a girl grappling to find the strength and courage to do what s right for the world and for herself