Damaged: a rosato & dinunzio novel/lisa scottoline

Description With Lisa Scottolines trademark emotional depth and fast-paced action, Damaged will have readers riveted to the last page as they root for the beloved characters and their fight for justice.

Ten-year-old Patrick OBrien is a natural target at school.

Shy, dyslexic, and small for his age, he tries to hide his first-grade reading level from everyone: from his classmates, from the grandfather who cares for him, and from the teachers who are supposed to help him.

But the real trouble begins when Patrick is accused of attacking a school aide.

The aide promptly quits and sues the boy, his family, and the school district.

Patricks grandfather turns to the law firm of Rosato & DiNunzio for help, and Mary DiNunzio becomes Patricks true champion and his only hope for security and justice.

But there is more to the story than meets the eye and Patrick might be more troubled than he seems.

With twists at every turn and secrets about the family coming to light, Mary DiNunzio might have found the case that can make her a true protector--or break her heart.

Outstanding.

Tensions mount until the story concludes with a satisfying, unexpected twist.

-- Publishers Weekly (starred review) About the Author LISA SCOTTOLINE is the New York Times bestselling author of novels including Look Again, Lady Killer, Think Twice, Save Me and Everywhere That Mary Went .

She also writes a weekly column, Chick Wit, with her daughter Francesca Serritella, for The Philadelphia Inquirer .

The columns have been collected in Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog and My Nest Isnt Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space .

She has won an Edgar(R) Award and Cosmopolitan magazines Fun Fearless Fiction Award, and she is the president of Mystery Writers of America.

She teaches a course on justice and fiction at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, her alma mater.

She lives in the Philadelphia area.