The Nowhere Girls

by Amy Reed

[theyaobsessed]

I LOVED THIS BOOK! This book is based on 3 characters, Grace, Erin and Rosina who decide that the rape culture that has persisted in their school for years needs to be put to an end.

Grace is new to town and lives in the house formerly owned by the family of a girl named Lucy. She was raped at a party and ostracized by the town so they had pretty much no choice but to move away. Grace’s mom is a fairly liberal Christian Minister. Her family moved due to her mother’s liberal views were ostracized from their previous church for that. So she is no stranger to being disliked. She hears about Lucy through Erin and Rosina and can’t stop wanting to learn more.

Rosina is pretty much her families slave, she helps them run the restaurant, babysits cousins, whatever they need shes expected to provide. She is tired of it! She was friends with Lucy and was wrestling with whether to do something. Her family keeping her busy has added to that fact because how can she do something if they keep her so busy?

Erin has Aspergers and a few years before was raped by an acquaintance at her old school. They decided to move and not press charges and it is a secret from everyone she knows other than her family. Because of her Ashbergers, her brain works in absolutes she knows what the boy who raped her is wrong but is unsure what to do to fix the situation.

Together they decide to band together and create The Nowhere Girls. If you want to know more I strongly suggest you read this book!