Watching Jimmy /
Nancy Hartry.
- Toronto : Tundra Books, c2009.
- 152 p. ; 19 cm.
Young Carolyn walks an emotional tightrope knowing what really happened to her best friend, Jimmy, the day his Uncle Ted chose to teach him a lesson that left Jimmy brain-damaged. But when Uncle Ted threatens his beleaguered family with even more abuse and the loss of their home, Carolyn must find the courage to match wits with him and to speak out, using the truth as her only weapon.
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Best friends--Fiction. Family secrets--Fiction. Brain-damaged children--Fiction. Courage--Fiction.