When Dad Killed Mom — Julius Lester

When Dad killed mom, their world stopped.

Jenna and Jeremy knew their parents' marriage was in trouble. Mom and Dad didn't talk much, and when they did, they had to work really hard at being civil. But no one would have predicted what came next. The headline read COLLEGE SHRINK KILLS WIFE, and suddenly everything changed.

Now with Mom dead and Dad in jail, Jenna and Jeremy must re-create a life and family of their own. But a silent distance grows between them as each guards a secret that could send their fragile new lives into a tailspin.

In a novel taken from the front page of any newspaper in America, Newbery Honor winner Julius Lester explores the impact of domestic violence on a family forced to confront the unimaginable.