Title: Touching snow
Description: After her stepfather is arrested for child abuse, thirteen-year-old Karina's home life improves but while the severity of her older sister's injuries and the urging of her younger sister, their uncle, and a friend tempt her to testify against him, her mother and other well-meaning adults pursuade her to claim responsibility.
Subjects: Child abuse, Dysfunctional families, Stepfathers, Juvenile fiction, Family problems, Fiction, Haitian Americans, Family life, Children's fiction, Child abuse, fiction, Family life, fiction, New york (state), fiction
Places: New York (State)