I Will Save You - by Matt de la Peña (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Seventeen-year-old Kidd Ellison runs away to work for the summer at a beach campsite in California where his hard work and good looks lead to friendship and love but painful past memories surface in menacing ways.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b> <b><b>Newbery Medal-winning author Matt de la Peña's</b><i><b> I Will Save You</b></i><b> is a <b>heartwarming, root-for-the-underdog novel</b>. [<i>SLJ</i>]</b><i><b> <p/></b></i></b></b> Kidd is running from his past and his future. No mom, no dad, and there's nothing for him at the group home but therapy. He doesn't belong at the beach where he works either, unless he finds a reason to stay.<br> Olivia is blond hair, blue eyes, rich dad. The prettiest girl in Cardiff. She's hiding something from Kidd--but could they ever be together anyway?<br> Devon is mean, mysterious, and driven by a death wish. A best friend and worst enemy. He followed Kidd all the way to the beach and he's not leaving until he teaches him a few lessons about life. And Olivia. <p/><b>A taut psychological novel</b>...[with] intriguing, well-developed characters...[that] will stay with readers.-<i>Booklist</i> <p/>De la Peña skillfully captures the slippery sides of a schizophrenic personality in this <b>heartwarming, root-for-the-underdog novel.</b>-<i>SLJ <p/></i><b>An Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Finalist <p/>ALA-YALSA Best Book for Young Readers <p/>An ALA-YALSA Quick Pick <p/>A Junior Library Guild Selection</b></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>A taut psychological novel</b>...[with] intriguing, well-developed characters...[that] will stay with readers.-<i>Booklist</i> <p/>De la Peña skillfully captures the slippery sides of a schizophrenic personality in this <b>heartwarming, root-for-the-underdog novel.</b>-<i>SLJ <p/></i><b>An Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Finalist <p/>ALA-YALSA Best Book for Young Readers <p/>An ALA-YALSA Quick Pick <p/>A Junior Library Guild Selection</b><i><br></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Matt de la Peña is the first Mexican American author to win the Newbery Medal. He attended the University of the Pacific on a basketball scholarship and went on to earn a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing at San Diego State University. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, where he teaches creative writing. <i>I Will Save You</i> is his fourth novel. Look for his other books, <i>Ball Don't Lie</i>, <i>Mexican WhiteBoy</i>, <i><i>We Were Here, </i>The Living</i>, which was named a Pura Belpré Honor Book, and <i>The Hunted</i>, all available from Delacorte Press. You can also visit him at mattdelapena.com and follow @mattdelapena on Twitter.
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