Hold me like a breath

Title
Hold me like a breath

Personal Author EPSB
Tiffany, Schmidt

Summary
Penelope Landlow has grown up with the knowledge that almost anything can be bought or sold -- including body parts. She's the daughter of one of the three crime families that control the black market for organ transplants. Penelope's surrounded by all the suffocating privilege and protection her family can provide, but they can't protect her from the autoimmune disorder that causes her to bruise so easily. Penny is considered too "delicate" to handle the family business, or even to step foot outside their estate. All Penelope has ever wanted is independence -- until she's suddenly thrust into the dangerous world all alone, forced to stay one step ahead of her family's enemies. As she struggles to survive the power plays of rival crime families, she learns dreams come with casualties, betrayal hurts worse than bruises, and there's nothing she won't risk for the people she loves.

Year Published
2015

Series
Once upon a crime family

Physical Description
390 pages ; 22 cm.

Subject
Chronically ill children -- Fiction.
 
Sale of organs, tissues, etc. -- Corrupt practices -- Fiction.
 
Blood platelet disorders in children -- Fiction.
 
Children of criminals -- Fiction.
 
Black marketeers -- Fiction.
 
Organized crime -- Fiction.
 
Self-reliance -- Fiction.
 
Sick -- Fiction.
 
Family life -- Fiction.
 
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.

Genre
Young adult fiction.

Summary
Penelope Landlow has grown up with the knowledge that almost anything can be bought or sold -- including body parts. She's the daughter of one of the three crime families that control the black market for organ transplants. Penelope's surrounded by all the suffocating privilege and protection her family can provide, but they can't protect her from the autoimmune disorder that causes her to bruise so easily. Penny is considered too "delicate" to handle the family business, or even to step foot outside their estate. All Penelope has ever wanted is independence -- until she's suddenly thrust into the dangerous world all alone, forced to stay one step ahead of her family's enemies. As she struggles to survive the power plays of rival crime families, she learns dreams come with casualties, betrayal hurts worse than bruises, and there's nothing she won't risk for the people she loves.

ISBN
9780802737823
 
9780545933506

Publisher
New York : Bloomsbury, 2015.


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