Teaser Tuesday: A Girl Called Sidney by Courtney Yasmineh

Preston started crying hard, sobbing. I tried to look over at him and I could see some blood on his face.

A Girl Called Sidney: The Coldest Place by Courtney Yasmineh, published by Gibson House Press.

Drawn from singer-songwriter Courtney Yasmineh's own teen years, Sidney is a coming-of-age story about a musically-inclined young girl who must learn to navigate the rocky shoals of her family life to reach adulthood.

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