Blame

by Melody Dean Dimick, Veronica H. Hart (Editor)

Jacob Barnaby lives in a small town in the shadows of the Adirondack Mountains, where neighbors know each other and gossip spreads like dandelions. On the night of his birthday party, the seventeen-year-old son of a prominent attorney learns his father has a secret. To make matters worse, his father plans to represent the man Jacob and his friends think is responsible for putting the school bully in a wheelchair. Will his father’s actions ruin both Jacob’s family and his senior year? Can Jacob salvage his relationship with his girlfriend?

201 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 8, 2017

Reviews

[Elizabeth Vollstadt · Rating 5 out of 5]

On his seventeenth birthday, Jacob Barnaby accidently opens his father’s phone—and discovers that his father is having an affair. What a way to begin his senior year! Drawing on her years as a high school teacher, author Melody Dimick takes us inside Jacob’s mind as he struggles to do the right thing and keep his family together. Should he confront his father, tell his mother, confide in his minister grandfather, or say nothing? As he strains make a decision, he finds it hard to concentrate on anything—or anyone—else, and his relationship with his girlfriend is affected.
Blame is a thoughtful and exciting read, as one action leads to another, and finally to a surprising climax. I highly recommend this well-crafted look into a teenager’s world. -- Elizabeth Vollstadt, author of tween novels Pairs on Ice and Pairs at Nationals