num_pages: 204
description: Sam's girlfriend is pregnant  but Sam is keeping the baby. Sam should be planning for college and trying out for the football team with his best friend, Andy. Instead he's up to his ears in diapers and formula, caring for his baby son, Max. Will Sam now have to make a gut-wrenching decision about Max's future  and his own? A poignant and humorous look at an old problem...with a new twist.
language: English
title: Hanging on to Max
titlecomplete: Hanging on to Max
genres: Fiction, Coming Of Age, Slice Of Life, Adoption, Teen, Young Adult, College, Realistic Fiction, Contemporary, High School
ratings_count: 1688
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award
category: High School, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Rhode Island Teen Book Award, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Young Adult, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Lincoln Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Gateway Readers Award
publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers