After

An infant left in the trash to die. Who would do something so terrible?
 
Certainly not someone like Devon—straight-A student, soccer player with Olympic dreams, more mature than her own mother. But desperation and panic drove her to do what most people can't even imagine. Now Devon's in a juvenile detention center charged with attempted murder. If she's tried as an adult, she faces life in prison. Does Devon deserve that punishment?

Your answer depends on whether you believe her story.

Author Amy Efaw talks with Penguin Young Readers about her book, After.