Fifteen-year-old Dana leaves her suburban home and navigates life on the streets of downtown Toronto with two streetwise friends. Hunger, territorial violence, and daily survival shape a tense, realistic portrait of urban youth.

When Dana's graffiti at an underpass draws the attention of a counsellor at Sketches, a drop-in centre for homeless teens, she discovers a place to make art and begin a self-portrait. As she paints, memories and the reasons she fled home surface, forcing difficult choices about safety and truth.

Eric Walters' novel examines resilience, creative expression, and the social challenges faced by marginalized teens. Clear, unsentimental, and emotionally grounded, Sketches will resonate with readers interested in contemporary YA, social issues, and the role of art in recovery.

• Themes: homelessness, trauma, coming-of-age
• Setting: downtown Toronto, urban youth culture
• Focus: art as expression and confrontation of the past

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