Books like Raven

Raven hasn't had an easy life. Her single mom is an alcoholic and sometimes drug user. Raven is home alone mostly and takes care of the rundown apartment they live in. She skips school because no one is there to tell her she has to go. When her mom is arrested, Raven is sent to live with her mom's brother, Reuben. An overbearing bully in his own home, his wife and children are terrified of him and his temper. Very set in his ways, he believes Raven is a bad apple, just like her mother. He treats her like dirt and blames her for all of his family's problems. Meanwhile Ravens cousin Jennifer is spreading rumors at school and being the typical ugly step-sister. Raven's outspoken opinions are not received by her uncle and he punishes her with extra chores and restrictions. At a party one night Jennifer gets drunk and blames Raven for her being sick, even though it was Raven who was the responsible one and got Jennifer home safely. Reuben cannot see his little girl doing any wrong and decides that they only way Raven will understand is if he handles her wild ways in the same way he handled her moms, physically. Raven now needs to survive in a different kind of hell than she did before.