Instruct: Classify a review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: A story of a 13 year old living through a nightmare.

A strong, yet disturbing story of a 13 year old girl who experiences events in her young life which no one would wish a child, or adult, to experi- ence. She loses her chance of childhood while living with a dysfunctional mother, who, in turn, draws dysfunctional people into her own life and therefore Linda's. Unlike "The Goats", which was a story of innocent love, Mr.Cole makes his main character a victim of sexual abuse. She is not aware of the harm that this is doing to her now or in the future, nor do I feel the author injects anything into the story to help her under- stand that she is a victim. I feel that a stronger statement regarding the abuse should have been made by the author. I am concerned that a young person reading this book would not fully comprehend the psychological damage that has been done to Linda