How to Save a Life
Publisher
Little, Brown
Publication Year
2011
ISBN
9780316036061
Pages
341 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Told from their own viewpoints, seventeen-year-old Jill, in grief over the loss of her father, and Mandy, nearly nineteen, are thrown together when Jill's mother agrees to adopt Mandy's unborn child but nothing turns out as they had anticipated.
Grade Level
6-8, 9-12
Lexile Measure
HL710L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Adoption; Family member death; Single parent; adoption process; adopted teenager; death of a parent; death of a father; grief; single mother
Main Character
female teenagers
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
single mother
Awards
Arkansas Teen Book Award, 2013 Grades 10-12
Society of School Librarians International Book Awards, 2012 Language Arts 7-12 Novels
Keywords
mothers and daughters; pregnancy; teenage pregnancy; Denver, Colorado; family life; secrets; dating
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Zarr, Sara, "How to Save a Life" (2011). Diverse Families. 585.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/585