How to Save a Life

by Sara Zarr
Lexile:  710
Genre:  Realistic Fiction

Jill is trying to figure out how to survive life without her father.  So far, it doesn't seem to be possible. Her mom is handling it by deciding to adopt a baby, something she and Jill's dad had talked about but never gotten around to following though on it.  Jill's mom reaches out to Mandy, a 19 year old young woman, who thinks she wants to give up her baby for adoption. Mandy moves in with Jill and her mom to get ready for the arrival of the baby.  Will they be able to figure out how to be a family together?