When your teen years are so messed up, how do you grow up happy?

Andy Burton knows a thing or two about survival. Since she was removed from her mother’s home and placed in foster care when she was nine, she’s had to deal with abuse, hunger, and homelessness. But now that she’s eighteen, she’s about to leave Haywood House, the group home for girls where she’s lived for the past four years, and the closest thing to a real home she’s ever known.

Will Andy be able to carve out a better life for herself and find the happiness she is searching for?

Prizes

Commended for Top Grade: CanLit for the Classroom selection 2014 (Canada)

Throwaway Girl is a rich, eye-opening novel that has the potential to create empathy in young readers. It introduces tough themes that reflect a harsh reality, but it always rings true, and Scarrow has created a believable character in Andy. * Quill & Quire *
An audience of grade 6 to 8 girls will find the language accessible and the fast paced plot entertaining. * Canadian Materials *

Kristine Scarrow has a BA in psychology and has worked with the Saskatchewan Foster Families Association. She is also a freelance writer and editor. Kristine lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.