num_pages: 308
description: In New York Times bestselling author Jacqueline Sheehans evocative and emotionally compelling novel a mother and her adopted daughter each embark on a journey of self-discovery in the wake of a stunning revelation. How do you keep a secret so huge that it could devastate everyone you care about? For Kate Malloy the answer is simple: one lie at a time. Thats how she has protected her daughter for more than a dozen years shielding her from a terrible truth. Sofia a fifteen-year-old soccer star living in New England believes she was born in Mexico and legally adopted by Kate. But a posthumous letter from her stepfather tells Sofia a different storyone of civil unrest and bloodshed death-defying heroism and child-smuggling harrowing sacrifice and desperate decisions.Sofias trust in her mother is shattered. At last Kate must do what she knows is rightaccompany Sofia back to Guatemala the place where Kate found horror and heartache but also the greatest joy of her life. As mother and daughter confront the damage done by years of dangerous yet necessary deceptions they discover how much love hope and happiness may still remainif they have the courage to face their past.
language: English
title: The Center of the World
publisher: Kensington