For Keeps
Publisher
Penguin Group
Publication Year
2010
ISBN
9780670011902
Pages
267 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
For sixteen years, Josie Gardner and her mom, Kate, have been a team. It's been the Gardner Girls against the world, and that's how Josie likes it. Until one day, they find out that Paul Tucci, Kate's high school boyfriend-the father Josie has never met-is back in town. Josie's mom suddenly turns back into the heartbroken teenager she was when Paul moved away. Meanwhile, Josie's on the verge of having her first real boyfriend. And when Josie learns some surprising truths about Paul Tucci and the past, she begins questioning what she thought she knew, and finds out what happens when a girl gets the guy she always wanted and the dad she never knew she needed.
Grade Level
6-8; 9-12
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Single parent; single mother
Main Character
girl
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
single mother
LGBTQ+
male/male
Awards
The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection
Keywords
dating; parents dating; high school; heartbreak; mother daughter relationship
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Friend, Natasha, "For Keeps" (2010). Diverse Families. 1058.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1058