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Wrecked by Maria Padian
Still reeling from her third concussion suffered in a soccer game, college freshman Haley is still a bit out of it and doesn't fully understand at first when her roommate, Jenny, asks her to be her adviser in a campus investigation for something horrible—Jenny says she was raped at an off-campus party by fellow student Jordan, who bragged to his roommate, Richard, about the cute freshman he hooked up with at the party. Who is telling the truth? Haley and Richard find themselves on opposites sides yet growing close to one another, but with their friends' reputations and futures on the line, how can they take their relationship any further? No matter the investigation's verdict, the lives of these four college students will change forever.
Review from School Library Journal:
A sobering, compelling, and realistic view of campus sexual assault. Haley is a college freshman whose life revolves around soccer. She's just been sidelined by a concussion when her roommate Jenny is raped at a party off campus. Jenny asks Haley to be her adviser in the campus investigation, giving her a front-row seat to the mounting pain and trauma Jenny goes through. Told from two points of view—those of Haley and Richard, a housemate of the accused—this work submerges readers in the aftermath of a campus sexual assault. Without feeling heavy-handed, the narrative lays out how the school administration handles the investigation and the various ways the students react. This is an important and, unfortunately, timely novel. In the midst of the details of the crime and its effects, readers are also given a sweet and genuine love story between Haley and Richard. This isn't just a book that all young men and women should read; it's gripping and human enough that many will want to.
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