Title: Hold me tight
Description: In Miami, Florida, ten-year-old Essie has trouble finding the strength and courage to overcome her feelings of fear, guilt, and shame when her father abandons their family, a classmate is kidnapped, and then a family friend molests her.
Subjects: Kidnapping, Emotional problems, Sexual abuse victims, Family problems, Fiction, Schools, Sexual abuse, Juvenile fiction, Children's fiction, Family, fiction, Kidnapping, fiction, Schools, fiction, Florida, fiction
Places: Miami (Fla.)