Nothing to Lose by Alex Flinn

Nothing to Lose by Alex Flinn

I shouldn't have come back to Miami . . . I've been escaping cops' notice for a year now. I'm no longer Michael Daye, high school athlete with a promising future. Now I look like someone whit no future.

When Michael saw a chance to leave town with a traveling carnival a year ago, he took it. Back then, his home life was spinning violently out of control. The carnival, with its "no questions asked" policy, seemed like a welcome escape. But now Michael's job has brought him back to Miami, where his mother is on trial for murder, making him wonder how much longer he can hide from his past . . . and his future.

Alex Flinn is a big fan of fairy tales and the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Beastly, a retelling of Beauty and the Beast that was selected a VOYA Editor's Choice and an ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers. Vanessa Hudgens stars in Beastly, a big motion picture. Alex also created A Kiss in Time, a modern version of Sleeping Beauty; Cloaked, a funny fairy-tale mash-up; Bewitching, a reinvention of fairy-tale staples, including Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella, The Princess and the Pea, and The Little Mermaid, all told by Kendra, the witch from Beastly; Towering, a darkly romantic retelling of Rapunzel; and Mirrored, a fresh take Breathing Underwater, Breaking Point, Nothing to Lose, Fade to Black, and Diva are among her other YA novels. Her family and she live in Miami. Alex Flinn's website is www.alexflinn.com.