My Book of Life by Angel
CBC Books | CBC | Posted: February 27, 2017 4:09 PM | Last Updated: March 7, 2017
Martine Leavitt
When Angel meets Call at the mall, she has no idea she's about to spiral downward — hard. She becomes addicted to his "candy" and ends up turning tricks on a shady Vancouver street corner. She only realizes how far she's fallen when Call brings in another girl — even younger and more vulnerable than Angel was. Can Angel and the new girl find a way out, before it's too late?
My Book of Life by Angel is for readers ages 14 and up.
From the book
I walked to my corner
at the gate of ten thousand happinesses
and I stared at my shoes while I walked,
stared at them walking me there again.
That's how I get to my corner
at the gate of ten thousand happinesses
every time.
I stood on the kiddie corner
where I always do,
just a line in the sidewalk
between me and the midtrack.
Widow works the midtrack
on the other side of the line.
Widow waits for men
who are not into little girls like me.
She says, at least I'm not a lowtrack girl.
Widow says to me all the time,
I don't feel anything
care anything
it's just a big whatever —
I've got the menu memorized
makes no nevermind to me
who cares?
But she cares if I cross the line in the sidewalk.
From My Book of Life by Angel by Martine Leavitt ©2012. Published by Groundwood Books.