num_pages: 256
description: With her martyr-doctor mother gone to save lives in some South American country Poe Holly suddenly finds herself on the suburban doorstep of the father she never knew who also happens to be a counselor at her new high school. She misses Los Angeles. She misses the guys in her punk band. Weirdly she even misses the shouting matches she used to have with her mom.But Poe manages to find a few friends: Theo the cute guy in the anarchy Tshirt and Velveeta her oddly likeable neighborand a born victim whos the butt of every prank at Benders High. But when the pranks turn deadly at the hands of invincible football star Colby Morris Poe knows shes got to fix the system and take down the hero.With insightfulness spot-on dialogue and a swiftly paced plot Michael Harmon tells the story of a displaced girl grappling with a truly dangerous bully.From the Hardcover edition.
language: English
title: Brutal
publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers