Heroine

By Mindy McGinnis

Book Overview

A captivating and powerful exploration of the opioid crisis--the deadliest drug epidemic in American history--through the eyes of a college-bound softball star. Edgar Award-winning author Mindy McGinnis delivers a visceral and necessary novel about addiction, family, friendship, and hope.

When a car crash sidelines Mickey just before softball season, she has to find a way to hold on to her spot as the catcher for a team expected to make a historic tournament run. Behind the plate is the only place she's ever felt comfortable, and the painkillers she's been prescribed can help her get there.

The pills do more than take away pain; they make her feel good.

With a new circle of friends--fellow injured athletes, others with just time to kill--Mickey finds peaceful acceptance, and people with whom words come easily, even if it is just the pills loosening her tongue.

But as the pressure to be Mickey Catalan heightens, her need increases, and it becomes less about pain and more about want, something that could send her spiraling out of control.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062847198
• ISBN13: 9780062847195
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.9" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher

Customer Reviews

Another Favorite from one of my Favorite Authors

I really love this author. Mindy McGinnis writes a lot of darker young adult fiction. This particular book follows a teenager in her senior year of high school as she becomes addicted to oxy and then heroine after a car accident. It felt very much like McGinnis was writing a nonfiction book with fictional characters. She always makes me worry for her characters. This book may not be for everyone, as it goes into detail about addiction.