A Step Toward Falling

By: Cammie Mcgovern

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Synopsis: Cammie McGovern follows up her breakout young adult debut, Say What You Will, with this powerful and unforgettable novel about learning from your mistakes, and learning to forgive. Told in alternating points of view, A Step Toward Falling is a poignant, hopeful, and altogether stunning work that will appeal to fans of Jennifer Nevin, Robyn Schneider, and Jandy Nelson. Emily has always been the kind of girl who tries to do the right thing -- until one night when she does the worst thing possible. She sees Belinda, a classmate with developmental disabilities, being attacked. Inexplicably, she does nothing at all. Belinda, however, manages to save herself. When their high school finds out what happened, Emily and Lucas, a football player who was also there that night, are required to perform community service at a center for disabled people. Soon, Lucas and Emily begin to feel like maybe they're starting to make a real difference. Like they would be able to do the right thing if they could do that night all over again. But can they do anything that will actually help the one person they hurt the most?

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9780062271150
Related ISBNs:: 9780062271136
Publisher:: HarperCollins
Date of Addition:: 11/10/16
Copyrighted By:: Cammie Mcgovern
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Children's Books, Romance, Disability-Related, Health, Mind and Body, Literature and Fiction
Grade Levels:: Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.