Keep Holding On

Keep Holding On

• LUNCH IS THE WORST, but there's no safe place at school for Noelle. Keeping her mortifying home life a secret and trying to ignore the kids who make her life miserable are Noelle's survival strategies.
• Her emotionally distant boyfriend, Matt, isn't the one she really wants to be with. But shes's sure there's no way she could ever be with Julian Porter.
• When Julian starts talking to her, Noelle is terrified. It seems safer to stay with Matt than to risk a broken heart.
• But when the bullying of a friend goes too far, Noelle realizes it's time to stand up for herself, and for everything that makes her keep holding on.

<div><b>A Junior Library Guild award-winning novel about the consequences of bullying and suicide.</b></div><br /><div>Noelle's life is all about survival. Even her best friend doesn't know how much she gets bullied, or the ways her mom neglects her. Noelle's kept so much about her life a secret for so long that when her longtime crush Julian Porter starts paying attention to her, she's terrified. Surely it's safer to stay hidden than to risk the pain of a broken heart. But when the torment of a friend takes a dramatic turn, Noelle realizes it's time to stand up for herself...and for the love that makes her keep holding on.</div><div></div><div><br /><i>Keep Holding On</i> is an empowering, realistic story that will inspire readers to stay strong and never give up.</div>