The Rules of Survival

By Nancy Werlin

(YA F Werl)

260 pages. 2006 Realistic

In a lengthy letter to his youngest sister, Emmy, seventeen year old Matthew chronicles the story of their mother’s abusive and psychotic behavior. While Nikki never physically harms her children, they must endure her violent mood swings, manic behavior, and escalating rage. Matthew thinks he has found an adult who will save his siblings from his mom, but as events unfold, he learns to “be sure of nothing about other people” and to “expect danger around every corner.” (Grades 9 & Up)

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