Shine

Blurb

Shine is a 2011 young-adult mystery novel by Lauren Myracle. The book was published on May 1, 2011, and follows a teenaged girl investigating a hate crime involving the beating and near-death of her best friend in a small, North Carolina town. Shine won the 2012 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award and is on the ALA's "YALSA Reader’s Choice" and "Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults" lists for 2012.