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    Say Yes

    Written by Audrey Couloumbis

    Narrated by Ariadne Meyers

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    When twelve-year-old Casey's sole guardian--her stepmother Sylvia--doesn't come home one night, Casey believes she's run off with her boyfriend. The question is--will Sylvia come back? And even more urgent--how will Casey fend for herself in their New York City apartment.

    Paulie, the landlord's teenage foster son, offers to forge Sylvia's signature on the rent check, but his help comes at a price. And if Casey says yes to his proposition, she'll be breaking the law, taking her first step into a life of running to escape the police. And if she says no? Well, Casey's witnessed firsthand the perils of being a foster kid at the mercy of a system that has already failed Paulie.

    Say Yes is the unforgettable story of a preteen on her own, bravely making choices for the first time in her life.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateMay 21, 2002
    ISBN9780807208199
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    • 4/5
      Audrey Coulumbis is a Newbery award winning author. Getting Near to Baby is one of my favorite Newbery books primarily because like Out of the Dust, Okay for Now, The Wednesday Wars and Bud, Not Buddy, Coulumbis' books deal with difficult subjects in a non over the top way.This small book packs a whallop without leaving the reader feeling bruised. When twelve year old Casey returns home from school realizing she has been abandoned by her step mother, she tries as best as possible to soldier on. No stranger to loss, her father died a number of years ago. Knowing her step mother loves her, she is surprised at the lack of care and consideration.Afraid and brave, she relies on the foster child her the super of the New York City apartment building. When the street wise foster child of the super of the building relies on her fears to convince her to steal from an elderly woman, she walks down an uncharted path. Knowing she needs rent money and food, despite her moral compass, she follows through with the brazen plan.Tentatively reaching out to her step grandmother nets an amazing response of kindness and compassion.This is an intricate story of fear, love, abandonment and redemption. Twelve year old Casey learns that life and love are very complicated and people aren't always what they appear to be.It is a book of pleasant surprises. I recommend that you say yes to reading this one!
    • 4/5
      In her efforts to hang on following the disappearance of her stepmother, Casey resorts to anything including robbery.