Actual rating: 3.5 
 This is a beautiful book. From Stephanie Oakes stunning prose to Minnow Bly's fantastic character growth through her time in juvie. But it's also horrible and tragic and hard to read. 
 While this is a quieter story than I usually like in my books, I couldn't help but root for Minnow as she opened her eyes to the world around finally got to take everything in for the first time.