A Step Toward Falling
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Publication Year
2015
ISBN
9780062271136
Pages
384 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
When their inaction during an attack on a disabled girl earns them community service at a center for people with disabilities, Emily and Lucas bond while trying to make up for their mistake, and wonder if they can make it right with the girl who suffered because of them.
Grade Level
6-8
Lexile Measure
HL730L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Disability and Health; Separation; Kinship care; Physical disability; Developmental disability; Illness; separated parents; grandparents raising grandchildren; low vision; Down syndrome; adult with a developmental disability; heart attack/disease
Main Character
female teenager; adult female
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
mother and grandmother
Awards
Booklist Book Review Stars, 2015
Keywords
play; acting; rape; trauma; community service; relationships; love; rules; football; jobs; activism
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
McGovern, Cammie, "A Step Toward Falling" (2015). Diverse Families. 1699.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1699