Most Precious Blood (Digital Original)

By: Susan Beth Pfeffer

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Synopsis: You can buy a lot of things with enough money, but you can&’t buy the truth After Val skips one Sunday dinner with her cousin Michelle&’s family, everything changes. Val and Michelle&’s fathers aren&’t getting along, and she just wanted to avoid the tension that she knew would be on the menu. Val&’s mom died of cancer two years ago, and now her father&’s love and her mother&’s memory are all she has. But Michelle can&’t let it go, and in her anger she drops a bombshell: &“You&’re not really family. You don&’t really count.&” Is it true? How come no one—not her teachers, not her classmates, not their parents—seems surprised? Other kids at school are adopted; it&’s not a secret. So why hasn&’t anyone told Val? Slowly Val starts to see that things are different for her. Other kids don&’t have bodyguards or a dad who gives them whatever they want with his piles of money. Up till now, Val has repaid her father&’s love by being the obedient daughter he expects, but now she needs something else: She needs the truth.