NEVER LET GO: THE TRAGEDY OF KRISTY McFARLANE. MacDonnell, Tom. Toronto, Macmillan, 1987. 272pp, cloth, $19.95, ISBN 0-7715-9508-5.CIP Grades 9 and up Reviewed by Susan Fowler Volume 16 Number 2 1988 March Never Let Go is the true story of Kristy McFarlane, a fourteen-year-old girl from a Toronto suburb who was drawn into Toronto's "street life" with its drugs, pimps, prostitution and violence. Kristy's case is of particular interest because she appeared to be an otherwise well-adjusted teen from an average middle-class home. She also had a remarkable mother who was determined to win her back. Tom MacDonnell gathered his information through a series of interviews with Kristy and her mother Sheila in the spring and early summer of 1986. Kristy's own account of her street life is interwoven with her mother's story, along with much valuable factual information about the operation of street life, and the roles of social agencies, police and court officials. The unique relationship between mother and daughter humanizes the account, and makes it more difficult to accept Kristy's sudden and si til mysterious death in February 1987, after most of the book had already been written. This easy-to-read story is probably most valuable as a presentation of the problem of teen prostitution in Canada, and the great difficulty with which our society handles it. Susan Fowler, Centennial S.S., Belleville, Ont.