Publisher: West 44 Books

Copyright Date: 2025

Edition Date: 2025 Release Date: 10/16/24

Pages: 188 pages

ISBN: 1-9785974-1-X

ISBN 13: 978-1-9785974-1-9

Dewey: Fic

Dimensions: 21 cm.

Subject Heading:
Reformatories. Juvenile fiction.
Juvenile detention homes. Juvenile fiction.
Friendships. Juvenile fiction.
Teenage girls. Juvenile fiction.
Gay teenagers. Juvenile fiction.
Interpersonal relations. Juvenile fiction.
Female friendship. Juvenile fiction.
Reformatories. Fiction.
Juvenile detention homes. Fiction.
Friendship. Fiction.
Teenage girls. Fiction.
Teenagers. Fiction.
Interpersonal relations. Fiction.
Gay people.

Language: English

Reading Level: 3.0

Interest Level: 9-12

Its the summer of 1970, and 15-year-old Jane is still reeling from the death of her father. She starts partying to deal with her grief, but a frantic call from her mother leads to her arrest. Jane awaits her hearing with hope, but instead she is sentenced to a yearlong stay at the New York State Training School for Girls. She faces bullying and solitary confinement, and all seems lost. Then shes introduced to the Racket, an underground world of gender role-play, romantic relationships, and chosen families the inmates have created. She befriends and develops deep feelings for fellow inmate Jo-Jo, who shares her love of music. Jane comes to appreciate the complex lives of people she never would have gotten to know on the outsidebut she knows that her new family can be taken away in an instant.