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also available: Paperback Hardcover Audiobook
category: Young Adult Fiction
published: Sep 2006
ISBN:9781554697069
publisher: Orca Book Publishers

Saving Grace

by Darlene Ryan

tagged: law & crime, runaways, pregnancy
Description

Evie was pregnant and forced to give up the baby. But she can't just leave the child with strangers, especially when she thinks the baby is being neglected. With her boyfriend waiting in the truck, Evie snatches the baby and convinces him to drive her to Montreal where she plans to start a new life with her child. But when the baby won't eat and she and Justin argue, she ends up alone in a small town. As the baby becomes sicker, Evie must decide whether to admit her mistake and turn herself in, or to keep running.

Also available in Spanish.

About the Author

Darlene Ryan has been writing for as long as she can remember and was the 2006 poet recipient of the Dr. Marilyn Trenholme Counsell Early Childhood Literacy Award. As Sofie Kelly, she writes the best-selling Magical Cats mysteries. She lives with her family in Fredericton, New Brunswick. For more information, visit www.darleneryan.com.

Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
Age:
12 to 18
Grade:
8 to 12
Reading age:
12 to 18
Awards
  • Commended, Texas Library Association (TLA) TAYSHAS List
  • Commended, Tayshas List
  • Short-listed, Ann Connor Brimer Award for Atlantic Canadian Children's Literature
  • Commended, CCBC Our Choice
  • Long-listed, YALSA Quick Picks
  • Short-listed, Ann Connor Brimer Award nominee
  • Commended, Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC) Our Choice
  • Commended, Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Quick Picks
Editorial Reviews

"The novel's fast pace will keep reluctant readers turning the pages to the end."

— School Library Journal

"This high-interest Orca Soundings book will be sure to stimulate good discussions about responsibility, good and harmful decisions and hard consequences."

— Puget Sound Council for the Review of Children's Books

"This is a compelling, insightful addition to the Orca Soundings series. Recommended."

— Canadian Book Review Annual

"This Orca Soundings title with its fast-pace, high interest content, and low reading level is a perfect choice for a struggling female reader."

— NMRLS Youth Services Book Review

"Lots of authentic dialogue and engrossing subject matter."

— VOYA

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