Publisher's Synopsis
At fourteen, Turtle Alveston knows the use of every gun on her wall; that chaos is coming, and only the strong will survive it; that her daddy, Martin, loves her more than anything else in this world. But chinks begin to appear in Turtle's armor as she learns that other people live differently from them. She meets Jacob, a high school boy who tells jokes, lives in a big clean house, and looks at Turtle as if she is the sunrise. And for the first time, the larger world begins to come into focus. Turtle begins to imagine escape, using the very survival skills that Martin devoted himself to teaching her. But changing her life will not be without risk - especially when Martin is driven into a downward spiral of fear and cruelty...
