Poor Deer

"Margaret, a 16-year-old girl, can’t run away from her past, because a mysterious creature that lives inside her mind won’t let her. The teenager is haunted by the memory of an incident that happened when she was 4 and caused the death of her friend in a game that went awry. Poor Deer, the creature, insists that she write a confession, throwing Margaret into an intense turmoil. It goes without saying that this is an emotionally wrenching novel, but it’s also one with an undercurrent of hope – and it proves that Claire Oshetsky is one of our most brilliant working writers."