num_pages: 341
description: Jill MacSweeney just wishes everything could go back to normal. But ever since her dad died shes been isolating herself from her boyfriend her best friendseveryone who wants to support her. And when her mom decides to adopt a baby it feels like shes somehow trying to replace a lost family member with a new one.Mandy Kalinowski understands what its like to grow up unwantedto be raised by a mother who never intended to have a child. So when Mandy becomes pregnant one thing shes sure of is that she wants a better life for her baby. Its harder to be sure of herself. Will she ever find someone to care for her too?As their worlds change around them Jill and Mandy must learn to both let go and hold on and that nothing is as easyor as difficultas it seems.
language: English
title: How to Save a Life
publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers