02036cam a2200313 i 4500 283142836 TxAuBib 20170128120000.0 160302s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016002476 9781250074133 HRD 25.99 1250074134 HRD 25.99 TxAuBib rda Greenwood, Bryn,. All the ugly and wonderful things / Bryn Greenwood. First edition. New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martins Press, 2016. 346 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "As the daughter of a drug dealer, Wavy knows not to trust people, not even her own parents. It's safer to keep her mouth shut and stay out of sight. Struggling to raise her little brother, Donal, eight-year-old Wavy is the only responsible adult around. Obsessed with the constellations, she finds peace in the starry night sky above the fields behind her house, until one night her star gazing causes an accident. After witnessing his motorcycle wreck, she forms an unusual friendship with one of her father's thugs, Kellen, a tattooed ex-con with a heart of gold. By the time Wavy is a teenager, her relationship with Kellen is the only tender thing in a brutal world of addicts and debauchery. When tragedy rips Wavy's family apart, a well-meaning aunt steps in, and what is beautiful to Wavy looks ugly under the scrutiny of the outside world. Kellen may not be innocent, but he is the fixed point in Wavy and Donal's chaotic universe. Instead of playing it safe, Wavy has to learn to fight for Kellen, for her brother, and for herself"-- Provided by publisher. 20170129. MG. Children of drug addicts Fiction. FICTION / Literary. FICTION / Coming of Age. Domestic fiction.