From Barnes & NobleMatters have escalated in Ellen Hopkins' standalone sequel to Burned. Pattyn Von Stratten's cruel, violent father is dead; Pattyn is on the run; and Jackie, her sister, is left behind, feeling desperately alone. Told in both their voices, Smoke captures the ever-shifting facades and compromises of those caught in abusive relationships. Vivid and emotionally powerful, this novel ultimately contains the seeds of recovery.
School Library Journal09/01/2013
Gr 9 Up—Readers last left Pattyn in Burned (S & S, 2006), where she was mourning the loss of her love, Ethan, and their unborn baby. Smoke starts with a bang-literally. Pattyn walks in on her father beating her sister Jackie (whom he'd interrupted mid-rape by a boy from their LDS church).
