"Effectively balancing a believable young cast with high, real-world stakes.
If she doesn\'t, a monster could go free, again..
If she testifies, Luke and Caroline will learn the truth-that Aly has been lying to them for most of a decade.
But when a Boston prosecutor asks Aly to testify in a trial-and her relationship with Luke intensifies-things become complicated.
So she paints and she runs and she tries not to think about the future she can\'t have.
After so many years, Aly doesn\'t know how to tell her friends the truth.
It was the day she met Luke and Caroline, who would become her best friends and the closest thing she has to a family.
The words just slipped out on her first day of a support group for kids living with life-threatening conditions.
Aly never meant to lie. 2) She lied about how she got it. 1) She\'s the girl with HIV.
She hasn\'t told him how she feels for two reasons. engrossing."- Kirkus Reviews Seventeen-year-old Aly Bennett has been in love with her friend Luke for years. . . "Effectively balancing a believable young cast with high, real-world stakes
