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    Saving Red
    Saving Red
    Saving Red
    Audiobook4 hours

    Saving Red

    Written by Sonya Sones

    Narrated by Caitlin Kelly

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    Sonya Sones, award-winning author of What My Mother Doesn’t Know, delivers a gripping, funny, and inspiring novel in verse about what happens when the person you set out to save ends up saving you.

    Right before winter break, fourteen-year-old Molly Rosenberg reluctantly volunteers to participate in Santa Monica’s annual homeless count, just to get her school’s community service requirement out of the way.

    But when she ends up meeting Red, a spirited homeless girl only a few years older than she is, Molly makes it her mission to reunite her with her family in time for Christmas. This turns out to be extremely difficult—because Red refuses to talk about her past.

    There are things Molly won’t talk about either. Like the awful thing that happened last winter. She may never be ready to talk about that. Not to Red, or to Cristo, the soulful boy she meets while riding the Ferris wheel one afternoon.

    When Molly realizes that the friends who Red keeps mentioning are nothing more than voices inside Red’s head, she becomes even more concerned about her well-being. How will Molly keep her safe until she can figure out a way to get Red home?

    In Sonya Sones’s inspiring novel, two girls, with much more in common than they realize, give each other a new perspective on the meaning of family, friendship, and forgiveness.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 18, 2016
    ISBN9780062571199
    Author

    Sonya Sones

    Sonya Sones has written seven novels in verse: The Opposite of Innocent, Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy; What My Mother Doesn’t Know and its companion, What My Girlfriend Doesn’t Know; One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies; To Be Perfectly Honest; and Saving Red. Sonya’s books have received many honors, but she was especially thrilled when she learned that she was on the American Library Association’s list of the Most Frequently Challenged Authors of the 21st Century. She lives near the beach in California. You can visit her at www.sonyasones.com or write her at sonyasones@gmail.com.

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    3.5/5

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    • 5/5
      Not bad at all. Im glad I listened! Can't wait for the next one!
    • 3/5
      I really love verse novels, thanks to Sonya Sones. I’d previously only read those dealing with family matters, so I liked reading about a topic that’s somewhat unusual in young adult fiction: homelessness.
    • 3/5
      This was okay. A quick read in verse that has a happy ending. Feels middle grade.
    • 3/5
      "Saving Red" was a sweet story dealing with mental illness and friendship. Molly had a kind heart, wanting to reunite homeless Red with her family for Christmas, but I felt she was naive. Red suffers from schizoaffective disorder and refuses anything that could be seen as charity. I enjoyed the friendship that developed between the two girls and how they ended up saving each other.The romance between Cristo and Molly, on the other hand, developed far too quickly and didn't feel read. Overall, a quick read but not a very memorable one.