
` The year`s must read novel` The Times` You think you`re invincible. You think you won`t ever miss. We need to put the fear on you. You need to surrender yourself to death before you ever begin, & accept your life as a state of grace, & then & only then will you be good enough.` At 14, Turtle Alveston knows the use of every gun on her wall; That chaos is coming & only the strong will survive it; That her daddy loves her more than anything else in this world. & he`ll do whatever it takes to keep her with him. She doesn`t know why she feels so different from the other girls at school; Why the line between love & pain can be so hard to see; Why making a friend may be the bravest & most terrifying thing she has ever done. & what her daddy will do when he finds out.. . Sometimes strength is not the same as courage. Sometimes leaving is not the only way to escape. Sometimes surviving isn`t enough.