Boston, mid-17th century: Hester Prynne, dignified and silent, is led through prison doors to her public shaming by her censorious Puritan neighbors. Holding her illegitimate child to her breast and bearing a bright scarlet letter "A" embroidered on her bodice, Hester must now struggle to create a new life for herself and her child in this harsh and unforgiving community. When her missing spouse reappears and takes up residence in town under an assumed identity, the stage is set for an explos...

jeugdboek, misdaad, vriendschap, familie, pleeggezin, humor, geweld, Nederlands, van eigen bodem

Een hard, flitsend en ook grappig boek over een onverwachte vriendschap. Voor young adults die wel wat zien in gangsters, foute vriendjes en weggelopen meisjes.

Crimineel op leeftijd Leo Meijer stuit tijdens zijn ontsnapping uit de gevangenis op Roos. Die was eerst met haar vriendje weggelopen van haar pleegouders en is onlangs ook voor die rotzak gevlucht. En nu wordt ze met een ontsnapte gangste...

How do you save the world from monsters if no one will admit they exist?She stumbled backwards, her eyes wide, as the figure started coming out of the canvas... She tried to be brave. Well, she said, her hands only a little shaky, at least tell me what I should call you.

... Well, little girl, it replied, I suppose you can call me Pet. There are no more monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught.

With doting parents and a best friend named Redemption, Jam has grown...