After the Fall
Publisher
Sqaure Fish
Publication Year
2018
ISBN
9781250144218
Pages
336 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Told from two viewpoints, seventeen-year-old Raychel relies on the support of her overachieving best friend Matt while secretly sleeping with his brother Andrew, and Matt tries to play hero and hide how much he loves her.
Grade Level
9-12
Lexile Measure
HL660L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Single parent; Poverty; Family member death; single mother; financial hardship; poor; death of a sibling; death of a child; grief
Main Character
female teenager; male teenager
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
single mother; mother and father
Awards
Cybils Awards, 2017, Nominee, Young Adult Fiction
Keywords
absentee father; brothers; rumors; gossip; friendship; jealously; sexual assault; high school; senior year; secrecy; teenagers
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Hart, Kate, "After the Fall" (2018). Diverse Families. 1840.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1840