Terra Elan Mcvoy

Criminal Terra Elan Mcvoy

Brief Description: Eighteen-year-old Nikki's unconditional love for Dee helps her escape from her problems, but when he involves her in a murder Nikki winds up in prison, confronted with hard facts that challenge whether Dee ever loved her, and she can only save herself by telling the truth about Dee. Review Quotes: It's a dark, devastating, and realistic portrait of a girl in over her head in more ways than one. What McVoy ("Being Friends with Boys") gets so powerfully right in this novel is the way that love can descend like a fog, impairing one's judgment and obscuring the truth. Brief Description: Originally published in hardcover in 2013 by Simon Pulse. Brief Description: Includes an excerpt of the author's upcoming book In deep. Marc Notes: Originally published in hardcover in 2013 by Simon Pulse.; Includes an excerpt of the author's upcoming book In deep.; Eighteen-year-old Nikki's unconditional love for Dee helps her escape from her problems, but when he involves her in a murder Nikki winds up in prison, confronted with hard facts that challenge whether Dee ever loved her, and she can only save herself by telling the truth about Dee.. Publisher Marketing: What would you do for love? Nikki helps her boyfriend commit murder in this "dark, devastating, and realistic portrait of a girl in over her head" ("Publishers Weekly"). Nikki's life is far from perfect, but at least she has Dee. Her friends tell her that Dee is no good, but Nikki can't imagine herself without him. He's hot, he's dangerous, he has her initials tattooed over his heart, and she loves him more than anything. There's nothing Nikki wouldn't do for Dee. Absolutely nothing. So when Dee pulls Nikki into a crime - a crime that ends in murder - Nikki tells herself that it's all for true love. Nothing can break them apart. Not the police. Not the arrest that lands Nikki in jail. Not even the investigators who want her to testify against him. But what if Dee had motives that Nikki knew nothing about? Nikki's love for Dee is supposed to be unconditional...but even true love has a limit. And Nikki just might have reached hers. Review Citations:

Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2013 (EAN 9781442421622, Hardcover)

Publishers Weekly 04/08/2013 (EAN 9781442421622, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

Shelf Awareness 05/17/2013 (EAN 9781442421622, Hardcover)

School Library Journal 07/01/2013 pg. 98 (EAN 9781442421622, Hardcover)

Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2013 pg. 123 (EAN 9781442421622, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  McVoy, Terra Elan Terra Elan McVoy has held a variety of jobs centered around reading and writing, from managing an independent children's bookstore, to teaching writing classes, and even answering fan mail for Captain Underpants. Terra lives and works in the same Atlanta neighborhood where her novels "After the Kiss, Being Friends with Boys, " and "Pure" are set. She is also the author of "The Summer of Firsts and Lasts", "Criminal "(an Edgar Award nominee), and "In Deep". To learn more, visit TerraElan.com and follow Terra on Twitter at @TerraMcVoy.