![]() ![]() Finn is the only witness to her driving off with the stranger "who moves like a cornstalk in the wind." When Finn can't describe the man, people look on him with suspicion. Sean falls in love with Roza, but she later - inexplicably - leaves Bone Gap with a mysterious man. Their lives are brightened by the appearance of Roza, 19, a sweet, lovely Polish girl who shows up on their farm one day with unexplained broken ribs and bruises. She has run off to Oregon with a new boyfriend, leaving the two young men to fend for themselves. Finn O'Sullivan and his older brother, Sean, are carrying the mighty weight of their mother's rejection. Laura Ruby creates a dark and terrifying alternate world in the ominously titled "Bone Gap," a novel for young people that deals with serious adult and criminal issues. ![]()
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