Strings Attached

Blundell, Judy.  Strings Attached. New York: Scholastic Press 2011.

ISBN: 9780545221269 | Hardcover | 320 p. | $17.99 USD

Annotation: Kit Corrigan dropped out of school and moved to New York City in hopes of becoming a Broadway star.  Kit accepts help from her estranged boyfriends father but soon finds that his help comes with a dangerous price.

Awards / Honors:

- Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Books of the Year: 2011

- YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults: 2012

Index Card Booktalk: 

- 1950's New York City

- stuggling Broadway star

- hot headed boyfriend enlists in Korean War

- boyfriend's father gives her new apartment, clothes

- ends up involved with gangsters, can't escape

- web of family secrets unravel

- murder

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