Fortunately, the first person she meets is Busker Boy, a street musician who senses her naivety and takes her in. Hitchhiking out of town, Bun ends up on the streets of St. Bun and her mother rarely talk, so when Bun's mother tells Bun to leave on day, she does.

What she's learned about life comes from the random books and old VHS tapes that she finds in the boxes and bags her mother brings home. Fourteen-year-old Bun O'Keefe has lived a solitary life in an unsafe, unsanitary house. The Agony of Bun O'Keefe by Heather Smith It's Newfoundland, 1986. Kate McLaughlin's What Unbreakable Looks Like is a gritty, ultimately hopeful novel about human trafficking through the lens of a girl who has escaped the life and learned to trust, not only others, but in herself. But first she'll have to confront the monsters of her past with the help of her family, friends, and a new love. She's thrust into the limelight and realizes she has the power to help others. But when she is sexually assaulted by her so-called boyfriend and his friends, Lex is forced to reckon with what happened to her and that just because she is used to it, doesn't mean it is okay. Instead she trusts what she shouldn't because that's what feels right. After she moves in with her aunt and uncle, for the first time in a long time, she knows what it is to feel truly safe. But when the girls are rescued, she doesn't quite know how to be Lex again. Kept in a hotel with other girls, her old life is a distant memory. What Unbreakable Looks Like by Kate McLaughlin 'Raw, unflinching, and authentic, Kate McLaughlin's thoughtful What Unbreakable Looks Like carefully crafts a story exposing the vulnerability of underage trafficked girls and what it takes to begin the process of healing from sexual trauma.'-Christa Desir, author, advocate, and founding member of The Voices and Faces Project Lex was taken-trafficked-and now she's Poppy. Yellow Cedar Winners & Nominees, 2020-2023 Toggle Dropdown.

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