Saving Max
By: Antoinette van Heugten
Publisher: MIRA
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Don Mills, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780778329633; 9780778312932
Subjects: Mothers and sons; Murder; Investigation; Suspense fiction; Women lawyers; Autistic children; Fiction
Description: "Max Parkman, autistic and whip-smart, emotionally fragile and aggressive, is perfect in his mother's eyes. Until he's accused of murder. Attorney Danielle Parkman knows her teenage son Max's behavior has been getting worse-- using drugs and lashing out. But she can't accept the diagnosis she receives at a top-notch adolescent psychiatric facility that her son is deeply disturbed. Dangerous. Until she finds Max, unconscious and bloodied, beside a patient who has been brutally stabbed to death. " --Cover, p. 4.
Notes: Includes discussion questions.