Title: Nothing to lose
Description: A year after running away with a traveling carnival to escape his unbearable home life, sixteen-year-old Michael returns to Miami, Florida, to find that his mother is going on trial for the murder of his abusive stepfather.
Subjects: Mothers and sons, Murder, Trials (Murder), Juvenile fiction, Wife abuse, Runaways, Fiction, Children's fiction, Murder, fiction, Runaway teenagers, Missing persons, Homicide, Mother-son relationship, Trials (Homicide), Child abuse, fiction, Runaways, fiction, Florida, fiction
Places: Miami (Fla.)