The Second Trial
The dénouement of this family's secret drama is both compelling and utterly believable. [This is a] well-informed and uncompromising novel...I recommend this novel.--VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) August 2010--Resource Links June 2010 ~ Volume 15, Number 5Boll makes us question the bounds of the traditional legal system. She leads readers to demand alternative avenues to justice and creative routes to safety for victims. --The Feminist ReviewThis moving portrait of a troubled family, coping with a situation they never planned for, is a real page turner. Danny is by turns hostile, frightened, childish, sophisticated - in other words a real boy.  Recommended.Judy Silvermanchildrenslit.comA life shattering event forces changes that no child wants. The Second Trialis a read of a child finding it hard to adapt to a new world, which many young readers may find relation to. Highly recommended. 5 stars.--Midwest Book ReviewThis novel is valuable as it presents domestic violence victims as empowered individuals who can extricate themselves from desperate circumstances in order to forge new lives.  Recommended. --CM Magazine: Canadian Review of Materials Sept. 24, 2010"Boll is a lawyer and her background in family law shows in this well-informed and uncompromising novel. This kind of story is often not presented in such ordinary surroundings and I admire the author's choice of everday realism." (Resource Links)