Jodi Picoult - The Tenth Circle

Trixie Stone is fourteen years old and in love for the first time. She's also the light of her father's life -- a straight-A student; a freshman in high school who is pretty and popular; a girl who's always looked up to Daniel Stone as a hero. Until, that is, her world is turned upside down with a single act of violence. . . and suddenly everything Trixie has believed about her family -- and herself -- seems to be a lie.

For fifteen years, Daniel Stone has been an even-tempered, mild-mannered man: a stay-at-home dad to Trixie and a husband who has put his own career as a comic book artist behind that of his wife, Laura, who teaches Dante's Inferno at a local college. But years ago, he was completely different: growing up as the only white boy in an Eskimo village, he was teased mercilessly for the color of his skin. He learned to fight back: stealing, drinking, robbing, and cheating his way out of the Alaskan bush. To become part of a family, he reinvented himself, channeling his rage onto the page and burying his past completely. . . until now. Could the young boy who once made Trixie's face fill with light when he came to the door have been the one to end her childhood forever? She says that he is, and that is all it takes to make Daniel, a man with a history he has hidden even from his family, venture to hell and back in order to protect his daughter.

 

Paperback in very good condition.

**Criteria for evaluating book condition:

Excellent - almost new, no or very, very slight creases to spine, no marks on pages and very little wear to cover, good for a collection or as a gift
Very good - a few creases to spine, minor cover wear, good for a collection
Good - obviously read but still in good condition, spine creased and corners of the cover may be damaged, may be writing on the inside pages
Readable - well read, spine or cover worn or damaged, pages may be yellowed or stained