Lullabies for Little Criminals
ABOUT
THE BOOK
At thirteen, Baby vacillates between childhood comforts and adult temptation: still young enough to drag her dolls around in a vinyl suitcase yet old enough to know more than she should about urban cruelties. Motherless, she lives with her father, Jules, who takes better care of his heroin habit than he does of his daughter. Baby’s gift is a genius for spinning stories and for cherishing the small crumbs of happiness that fall into her lap. But her blossoming beauty has captured the attention of a charismatic and dangerous local pimp who runs an army of sad, slavishly devoted girls—a volatile situation even the normally oblivious Jules cannot ignore. And when an escape disguised as betrayal threatens to crush Baby’s spirit, she will ultimately realize that the power of salvation rests in her hands alone.
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
Thirteen-year-old Baby’s mother died young and as her heroin addicted father’s life begins to fall apart, Baby’s becomes one of street life, foster care and juvenile detention. Told in a matter of fact voice filled with innocence, hard won wisdom and youthful perception, the author gives a new voice to the coming of age story as Baby begins to recognise her own strengths and reconnects with her father.