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Author: Cammie McGovern ID: B00YFQLB80

Cammie McGovern follows up her breakout young adult debut, Say What You Will, with this powerful and unforgettable novel about learning from your mistakes and learning to forgive. Told in alternating points of view, A Step Toward Falling is a poignant, hopeful, and altogether stunning work that will appeal to fans of Jennifer Nevin, Robyn Schneider, and Jandy Nelson. Emily has always been the kind of girl who tries to do the right thing – until one night when she does the worst thing possible. She sees Belinda, a classmate with developmental disabilities, being attacked. Inexplicably, she does nothing at all. Belinda, however, manages to save herself. When their high school finds out what happened, Emily and Lucas, a football player who was also there that night, are required to perform community service at a center for disabled people. Soon Lucas and Emily begin to feel like maybe they’re starting to make a real difference. Like they would be able to do the right thing if they could do that night all over again. But can they do anything that will actually help the one person they hurt the most?
Done.
Audible Audio EditionListening Length: 10 hours and 35 minutesProgram Type: AudiobookVersion: UnabridgedPublisher: Harper AudioAudible.com Release Date: October 6, 2015Language: EnglishID: B00YFQLB80 Best Sellers Rank: #6474 in Books > Audible Audiobooks > Children’s Books > Fiction
First, I would like to thank HarperTeen for sending me an ARC of this book to review.

Have you read Pride and Prejudice? If you haven’t, then you should. I mention this because it plays an important role in this novel. Not that you have to have read it to understand A Step Toward Falling, but I think Austen’s original title – First Impressions – is particularly relevant here. It’s also a wonderful read.

This is not just about learning to do the right thing. It’s about learning to get to know people. Not judging them by what they look like at a first glance. And it succeeds wonderfully.

I loved this book. I loved all of the parallels to Pride and Prejudice (one of my all-time favorites), I loved the characters, I loved the story, I loved how much diversity there was without it seeming like things were just thrown in for the sake of diversity. It’s a book about people with disabilities. And it’s a book about highschoolers.

A Step Toward Falling poses a very important question. If you saw someone getting attacked, what would you do? Would you freeze up? Would you go fight the attacker? Would you run and get help? I honestly can’t answer this question. I want to say that I would run and get help. But that is what I want to say. Because the reality is this: I would likely be so afraid that I would freeze. And that is what happens with Emily and Lucas here when they see Belinda being attacked. They just freeze up.

The characters are wonderful. Belinda started out as a bit odd. But after a bit, I figured her out. Yes, she’s odd. But it’s part of her charm. It’s part of who she is. Emily and Lucas are so guilt-ridden that they don’t even complain about their punishment for failing to help Belinda.
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