Saving Grad
by Karen Spafford-Fitz
Vienna, a mixed Native American teen, and her mother struggle to escape her step-father's constant violence by moving to a new city to start new lives.
Vienna, a mixed-race teen and her mother experience racism and domestic violence while living with her step-father. They try to escape the situation by moving to a big city where they begin to start new lives. But staying under the radar is tough, and when her step-father shows up threatening her at her new high school's grad party, Vienna has to find a way to keep herself, her mother, and her friends out of harm's way.
This book illustrates the very real circumstances women and children victims of domestic abuse face and one family's struggle to escape a violent situation.
About the Author
Reviews
"Saving Grad is un-put-down-able."
Monique Polak, Fiction for Young Adults
"[A story] about the strength of a mother and daughter who put the end to the violence that was going on in their lives. Vienna does what she has to keep her friends and her mother save when her family's problems come after them. It is a good fast paced story. I enjoyed it."
Destiny Bridwell, NetGalley
"This book was both inspirational and scary as it does not shy away from domestic violence and the results of living it."
Tina Avon, NetGalley
Awards
Resource Links The Year's Best - Fiction Grades 7-12
2017
CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens
2018
Subjects (BISAC)
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / General, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Holidays & Celebrations, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Physical & Emotional Abuse (see also Social Themes / Sexual Abuse), YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Poverty & Homelessness, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Social Topics / Bullying, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Social Topics / Physical & Emotional Abuse (see also Social Topics / Sexual Abuse), YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Social Topics / Violence
Subjects
Young Adult Fiction, Young Adult Fiction: Abuse, Young Adult Fiction: Family, Young Adult Fiction: Indigenous
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