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JUVIE by Watkins, Steve, 1954- is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is JUVIE about?

Heart-wrenching and real, Juvie tells the story of two sisters grappling with accountability, sacrifice and who will be there to help you after you take the fall. Sadie Windas has always been the responsible one shes the star player on her AAU basketball team, she gets good grades, she dates a cute soccer player, and she tries to help out at home. Not like her older sister, Carla, who leaves her three-year-old daughter, Lulu, with Aunt Sadie while she parties and gets high. But when both sisters are caught up in a drug deal wrong place, wrong time it falls to Sadie to confess to a crime she didnt commit to keep Carla out of jail and Lulu out of foster care. Sadie is supposed to get off with a slap on the wrist, but somehow, impossibly, gets sentenced to six months in juvie. As life as Sadie knew it disappears beyond the stark bars of her cell, her anger at her ex -boyfriend, at Carla, and at herself fills the empty space left behind. Can Sadie forgive Carla for getting her mixed up in this mess? Can Carla straighten herself out to make a better life for Lulu, and for all of them? Can Sadie survive her time in juvie with her spirit intact?

Who reads JUVIE?

Author

Watkins, Steve, 1954-

Publisher

Somerville, Mass.: Candlewick Press

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781406361766

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Children'S, Fiction, Young Adult

Rating

3.53 / 5 (537 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14