How to Save a Life

Description

Title: How to Save a Life
Author: Sara Zarr
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
Format: Paperback
Language: English
ISBN-13: 9781474958677

How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr is a young adult contemporary fiction novel from Usborne Publishing Ltd. This 2019 Usborne edition follows Jill, whose life has felt empty since her father’s death, and Mandy, a pregnant teenager hoping to give her baby a better future.

Jill’s mother wants to adopt Mandy’s baby, but Jill struggles with the idea that their family can move forward after such a painful loss. Mandy arrives with her own fears, secrets, and hopes, and the two girls are forced into an uneasy connection that changes both of them.

The novel explores grief, adoption, pregnancy, family, trust, friendship, and the search for identity with emotional depth. It is well suited for older teen readers who enjoy realistic fiction about complicated relationships and life-changing choices.