Saving Red, Sonya Sones
Saving Red, Sonya Sones
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Saving Red

Author: Sonya Sones

Narrator: Caitlin Kelly

Unabridged: 4 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 10/18/2016

Synopsis

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.

About 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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lucy on August 06, 2016

This book. This book. This book. I have no idea where to even start. This book Ripped out My heart. And that's all I'm going to write in verse :P speaking of things written in verse, THIS BOOK IS. It's the first book I've ever read written in verse, so it was a totally new experience for me. This book is......more

Goodreads review by Wendi on July 11, 2017

With the exception of insta-love between Molly and Cristo, I truly enjoyed this novel-in-verse about a girl trying to save another girl in order to save herself. And honestly, I thought Cristo was a pretty good character as well. I just wish their relationship had had a little more time to brew.......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on March 16, 2017

I might change my rating later but for now it's a 2.75. I enjoyed this book, but it didn't blow me away. I wasn't a huge fan of the main character either, or the way that she thought. She kept repeating words over and over and it got annoying. I did however really enjoy the message of this book, how......more

Goodreads review by Caitie on December 15, 2016

Two and a half stars....I really wanted to like this book, and it could've been awesome but it turned out to not be awesome (for lack of a better word) at all. I'm clearly in the minority on this one, but there were too many things that bugged me. I think my first problem with it was the fact that it......more

Goodreads review by Trisha on February 11, 2017

This was a very tough story to read. One that I think would have benefited from a full novel style and less from the verse writing. Only because I think this is a strong story and one that should be told. Red is homeless. She's young, living on the streets and is not terribly distressed by it. But th......more

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