Her solace comes in the company of a stuffed teddy bear that she carries in her backpack. Meanwhile, she’s been rendered an outcast, bullied (“Polly Pudding-Ass”), and ignored in equal measure. Last Polly knew, he was still in prison-his home for half of her young life-for armed robbery. When 11-year-old Polly McClusky walks out the front doors of Fontana Middle School in southern California, the last person she expects to see is her father, Nate. The book has been optioned for film, with Harper attached to write the screenplay. Harper published a short story collection, Love and Other Wounds, before the release of his full-length debut, She Rides Shotgun-a 2018 Edgar Award nominee for Best First Novel. He’s been both a film critic and journalist and has written for television (“teevee”) he now makes his home in Los Angeles. Jordan Harper is a Missouri native who’s been fascinated with crime since childhood, likely due to a familial involvement in law enforcement. She Rides Shotgun by Jordan Harper is a propulsive, gritty novel about a girl marked for death who must fight and steal to stay alive, learning from the most frightening man she knows-her father.
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