Granted this book is fiction, but it touches on some emotional topics. I will give a fair warning that this story is quite a diversion from the paranormal romance/ fantasy books I usually post about. I smiled, I laughed, and I teared up while reading this book. I realize that that is an incredibly loaded statement, but aside from being a book that was enjoyable, it was a book that had the ability to make me feel. It is one of those things that make you sit back and think about life, reconsider what you know, and evaluate who you want to become. I literally just finished this book about an hour ago, and I can say without hesitation that it is one of the best books I have ever read. Can Henry help her to overcome this new devastation, or will it tear them apart forever?

Just when it seems he might be genuine in his friendship, tragedy strikes, threatening everything Kate has worked so hard to gain.

Kate finally decides to trust Henry’s intentions, opening her heart to him. What else would the gorgeous, popular boy from her past want with her? Kate can’t figure out what game Henry is playing with her - for surely it is a game. He returns to find the bright, funny, outgoing girl he had known now timidly hiding in corners, barely speaking to anyone around her, suspicious of even him. Henry Jamison moved away six years earlier, just as he and Kate had begun an to develop feelings for one another. Her refusal to stand up for herself makes her the recipient of her classmates taunts and bullying. At school, her second-hand clothing marks her as a target. 17-year-old Kate has lived her whole life in abject poverty, with an alcoholic father and drug-addicted mother, who severely abuses Kate.

Heart on a Chain by Cindy C. Bennett