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Books in Tamara's Teardrops series

  • Tattooed Teardrops

    P D Workman

    Hardcover (P.D. Workman, May 30, 2015)
    Tattooed Teardrops is the winner of the Top Fiction award for the 2016 In the Margins Best Books for Teens book award!A realistic and beautiful story filled with suspense, heartbreaking friendship and loyalty award-winning author P.D. Workman's brings you the intriguing story of Tamara's struggle to make a life for herself after her incarceration. But things aren't going to be easy. "I don't plan on getting in any trouble."Tamara had thought that when she got out of juvie, things would be easier. But before long, it seems like her life is spiraling into chaos.If she can't prove to her probation officer that she is innocent of the allegations against her, she's going back to prison, and Tamara just can't let that happen.By the author of Ruby, Between the Cracks, a winner of the Top Ten Best Books for Teens 2015 award, Tamara's poignant story will change the way you think about the nature of evil.Praise for Tattooed Teardrops--For me, a sign of a good book is that it is a quick read, holds my interest front to back and I like the characters. This book met the mark on all three of those characteristics. --A slimy villain, an eager-to-please side-kick and a heroine who simply wants to move on from her past make for an intriguing tale, indeed! A realistic and beautiful story filled with suspense, heartbreaking friendship and loyalty that will keep you reading until the very end.Praise for P.D. Workman"Every single one of [P.D. Workman's] books has spoken to me in ways no one or almost anything else has. And I have found strength in the books I've read.""The way that P.D. Workman writes just flows amazingly and allows the reader to get really invested in a book."
  • Tattooed Teardrops

    P D Workman

    Paperback (P.D. Workman, May 29, 2015)
    Tattooed Teardrops is the winner of the Top Fiction award for the 2016 In the Margins Best Books for Teens book award!A realistic and beautiful story filled with suspense, heartbreaking friendship and loyalty award-winning author P.D. Workman's brings you the intriguing story of Tamara's struggle to make a life for herself after her incarceration. But things aren't going to be easy. "I don't plan on getting in any trouble."Tamara had thought that when she got out of juvie, things would be easier. But before long, it seems like her life is spiraling into chaos.If she can't prove to her probation officer that she is innocent of the allegations against her, she's going back to prison, and Tamara just can't let that happen.By the author of Ruby, Between the Cracks, a winner of the Top Ten Best Books for Teens 2015 award, Tamara's poignant story will change the way you think about the nature of evil.Praise for Tattooed Teardrops--For me, a sign of a good book is that it is a quick read, holds my interest front to back and I like the characters. This book met the mark on all three of those characteristics. --A slimy villain, an eager-to-please side-kick and a heroine who simply wants to move on from her past make for an intriguing tale, indeed! A realistic and beautiful story filled with suspense, heartbreaking friendship and loyalty that will keep you reading until the very end.Praise for P.D. Workman"Every single one of [P.D. Workman's] books has spoken to me in ways no one or almost anything else has. And I have found strength in the books I've read.""The way that P.D. Workman writes just flows amazingly and allows the reader to get really invested in a book."
  • Tattooed Teardrops

    P.D. Workman

    Paperback (pd workman, Aug. 24, 2014)
    Tattooed Teardrops is the winner of the Top Fiction award for the 2016 In the Margins Best Books for Teens book award! “I don’t plan on getting in any trouble.” Tamara had thought that when she got out of juvie, things would be easier. But before long, it seems like her life is spiraling into chaos. If she can’t prove to her probation officer that she is innocent of the allegations against her, she’s going back to prison, and Tamara just can’t let that happen. —For me, a sign of a good book is that it is a quick read, holds my interest front to back and I like the characters. This book met the mark on all three of those characteristics. —A slimy villain, an eager-to-please side-kick and a heroine who simply wants to move on from her past make for an intriguing tale, indeed! A realistic and beautiful story filled with suspense, heart-breaking friendship and loyalty that will keep you reading until the very end.
  • Two Teardrops

    P D Workman

    Paperback (P.D. Workman, March 30, 2018)
    The much-anticipated sequel to Tattooed Teardrops, winner of Top Fiction Award, In the Margins Committee, 2016.Returning to juvie after breaching her parole, Tamara finds that everything is the same as when she left, and yet everything is different. She fights to reestablish her rep while increasingly troubled by emerging memories. Unexpected events lead to Tamara again finding herself out of juvie and on the streets, trying to resolve her past while avoiding capture by the authorities.
  • Tortured Teardrops

    P D Workman

    Paperback (P.D. Workman, Aug. 25, 2018)
    Third in series after the award-winning Tattooed Teardrops, winner of the 2016 Top Fiction award by Library Services for Youth in Custody's In The Margins Committee.Tamara French is back in juvenile detention, and things are not going well. Have her experiences on the outside affected her so much? The staff can't figure out what is wrong, and Tamara herself can't explain what is going on with her. Things are spiraling rapidly out of control and nobody seems to be able to reach Tamara anymore.
  • Two Teardrops

    P.D. Workman

    Paperback (pd workman, March 17, 2018)
    The much-anticipated sequel to Tattooed Teardrops, winner of Top Fiction Award, In the Margins Committee, 2016.Returning to juvie after breaching her parole, Tamara finds that everything is the same as when she left, and yet everything is different. She fights to reestablish her rep while increasingly troubled by emerging memories.Unexpected events lead to Tamara again finding herself out of juvie and on the streets, trying to resolve her past while avoiding capture by the authorities.
  • Vanishing Teardrops

    P.D. Workman

    Paperback (pd workman, May 13, 2018)
    It was her second chance at parole, and Tamara knew this time that it wasn’t going to be easy. That ended up being the understatement of the century. In a new environment, trying to be a parent for the first time after years of not being allowed to make any decisions for herself, she didn’t know how she was going to make it. And then the worst thing that could possibly happen, did.Caught in the middle of a missing child investigation where she is the prime suspect, Tamara is in a race against the clock to find out what happened to her baby before it is too late.
  • Tortured Teardrops

    P.D. Workman

    Paperback (pd workman, April 10, 2018)
    Third in series after the award-winning Tattooed Teardrops, winner of the 2016 Top Fiction award by Library Services for Youth in Custody's In The Margins Committee.Tamara French is back in juvenile detention, and things are not going well. Have her experiences on the outside affected her so much? The staff can’t figure out what is wrong, and Tamara herself can’t explain what is going on with her. Things are spiraling rapidly out of control and nobody seems to be able to reach Tamara anymore.
  • Tattooed Teardrops

    P.D. Workman

    Paperback (pd workman, March 3, 2018)
    Winner of School Library Journal's Top Fiction Award, In the Margins Committee, 2016.I don’t plan on getting in any trouble.Tamara had thought that when she got out of juvie, things would be easier. But before long, it seems like her life is spiraling into chaos.If she can’t prove to her probation officer that she is innocent of the allegations against her, she’s going back to prison, and Tamara just can’t let that happen.
  • Vanishing Teardrops

    P D Workman

    Paperback (P.D. Workman, Aug. 25, 2018)
    Fourth in the series of Tattooed Teardrops, winner of the 2016 Top Fiction award by Library Services for Youth in Custody's In The Margins Committee.It was her second chance at parole, and Tamara knew this time that it wasn't going to be easy. That ended up being the understatement of the century. In a new environment, trying to be a parent for the first time after years of not being allowed to make any decisions for herself, she didn't know how she was going to make it. And then the worst thing that could possibly happen, did.Caught in the middle of a missing child investigation where she is the prime suspect, Tamara is in a race against the clock to find out what happened to her baby before it is too late.
  • Vanishing Teardrops

    P D Workman

    Hardcover (P.D. Workman, Aug. 25, 2018)
    Fourth in the series of Tattooed Teardrops, winner of the 2016 Top Fiction award by Library Services for Youth in Custody's In The Margins Committee.It was her second chance at parole, and Tamara knew this time that it wasn't going to be easy. That ended up being the understatement of the century. In a new environment, trying to be a parent for the first time after years of not being allowed to make any decisions for herself, she didn't know how she was going to make it. And then the worst thing that could possibly happen, did.Caught in the middle of a missing child investigation where she is the prime suspect, Tamara is in a race against the clock to find out what happened to her baby before it is too late.
  • Tortured Teardrops

    P D Workman

    Hardcover (P.D. Workman, Aug. 25, 2018)
    Third in series after the award-winning Tattooed Teardrops, winner of the 2016 Top Fiction award by Library Services for Youth in Custody's In The Margins Committee.Tamara French is back in juvenile detention, and things are not going well. Have her experiences on the outside affected her so much? The staff can't figure out what is wrong, and Tamara herself can't explain what is going on with her. Things are spiraling rapidly out of control and nobody seems to be able to reach Tamara anymore.