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Watch Over Me

In Nina LaCour’s first novel since her 2018 Printz Medal, 18-year-old Mila is placed as an intern on an idyllic farm after aging out of the foster care system.

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Review of ‘Watch Over Me’

Mila has spent the past four years in the foster care system. Now that she’s turning 18, she can’t be placed with another foster family, so she’s stunned and humbled to receive a placement as an intern with a couple named Julia and Terry, who have raised dozens of children on their idyllic farm tucked…

Interview with Nina LaCour

In Watch Over Me, Nina LaCour’s first novel since her 2018 Michael L. Printz Medal-winning We Are Okay, 18-year-old Mila is placed as an intern on an idyllic farm after aging out of the foster care system. BookPage spoke with LaCour about haunting, healing and feeling at home in ourselves.


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