It's been a few years since I read this book, but I remember being really engaged, and very moved by the dilema of the protagonist. Very well written. ( )

Through her many professions, Alex Flinn has worked with violent teens and teens in violent situations. She understands abuse in a way I hope never to. "Nothing to Lose" is one of her many books that helps the understand these kinds of situations.

As "Nothing to Lose" opens, Michael Daye's mother is on trial for her husband's murder and Michael is in hiding as a carny. The book unfolds with two timelines. In the past, Michael tries persuasion to get his mother to leave her abusive husband. He feels he needs to protect her, but nothing works. The violence is escalating into the danger zone but his mother won't help herself. In the present, Michael is on the run, caught off from the people of his past, and unsure of what to do next. The two timelines are skillfully woven together to form an interesting, if not terrible surprising, story. ( )

This book is about a boy who lives whith his step father and watch his step father beat on his mother. One day his step father has been killed and the boy goes missing. Everybody think that the mother has kiiled this man. And they are wondering how do a sweet lady kill her husband. and where is the little boy.

Nothing to Lose is a well written and fast paced book. You can tell by the detail given Alex Flinn knows her stuff. From the beginning of the story you are hooked and cannot put the book down. This is a tale of redemption that ends in a not expected way. The story's characters are well written and have good depth. The only thing I wish we would have found out more about is the step-fathers story. But you do have to have a bad guy. ( )

An OK book about a teen runaway. Not up to Flinn standards, but readable. ( )