Their last shot at redemption, a chance at life, the last chance to be better than they were in the past. Instead of the standard handcuffs and cold cells, this book takes place in a school, called Giddings with cottages in lieu of cell blocks, in Texas. But, in order to get into Giddings, those younglings had to have committed crimes that were violent and atrocious (such as murder, rape, shooting other people and injuring them so severely.) It’s a place where with the help of therapists, therapy practices and each other can grow out of becoming a label and a cliché of the juvenile delinquent. Some of those delinquents, called students by peers, therapists and teachers, have to crack and crumble walls created by the past childhood and crimes to get to the future. Those students are the main characters and they have a story. In last chance in Texas, some of these characters had a rough childhood and often later turned to drugs, sex or crime to escape or feel some sort of control or pride or even what was considered ‘affection’. For boys it was getting high, or joining gangs or even doing drugs to make a connection. For the girls, most had been abused in the past ranging from physical to sexual; instead of healing they lashed out or taken to a life of crime to feel something. There are two main characters that hit those points. Ronnie and Elena, both of which had rocky
Their last shot at redemption, a chance at life, the last chance to be better than they were in the past. Instead of the standard handcuffs and cold cells, this book takes place in a school, called Giddings with cottages in lieu of cell blocks, in Texas. But, in order to get into Giddings, those younglings had to have committed crimes that were violent and atrocious (such as murder, rape, shooting other people and injuring them so severely.) It’s a place where with the help of therapists, therapy practices and each other can grow out of becoming a label and a cliché of the juvenile delinquent. Some of those delinquents, called students by peers, therapists and teachers, have to crack and crumble walls created by the past childhood and crimes to get to the future. Those students are the main characters and they have a story. In last chance in Texas, some of these characters had a rough childhood and often later turned to drugs, sex or crime to escape or feel some sort of control or pride or even what was considered ‘affection’. For boys it was getting high, or joining gangs or even doing drugs to make a connection. For the girls, most had been abused in the past ranging from physical to sexual; instead of healing they lashed out or taken to a life of crime to feel something. There are two main characters that hit those points. Ronnie and Elena, both of which had rocky