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Unbearably tense story about two brothers, Jonah, 16, and Simon, 14, who have left home for Arizona where they hope they will be reunited with their older brother, Matt, who has been fighting in the Vietnam War. Unfortunately, they get picked up by Mitch and Lilly and things start to go horribly wrong. I really liked the main characters and their predicament was nail biting.

I really enjoyed this, but it‘s on the darker side of YA: abuse, beatings, sociopathic behavior, sex, and several cold-blooded murders. Very gripping, though! This is my first book by Smith, but I plan to read more.

I think I'm going to do a rereadathon this summer of all Smith's books-starting with the first one I read, In The Path of Falling Objects.