Dark Song

Dark Song by Gail Giles is part of the "Gritty and Edgy" YA Realistic fiction that covers issues that affect teens.  Ames Ford is a young teen whose family had a great life in Colorado until they lost it all and end up living in Texas in a very poor area.  Ames is lost and doesn't know how to get her world back when she meets Miles who is into drugs, guns and anger.  Ames life is in total upheaval and now must figure out how to break the bond with Miles when he suggests that they kill her parents and runaway to Mexico. 

I found this subject matter to be upsetting and I'm not sure that I would recommend this book to just any YA reader.  This story is a pychological thriller and fast paced that it would not be boring read.  A YA reader who is into mysteries and crime novels may find this book to be appealing.