Waiting on Wednesday (202)

This is a meme hosted by Breaking the Spine where every Wednesday bloggers highlight a book that they are eagerly anticipating the release of! 

A Step Toward Falling

By Cammie McGovern

Release Date: October 6, 2015

Summary: Cammie McGovern follows up her breakout young adult debut, Say What You Will, with this powerful and unforgettable novel about learning from your mistakes, and learning to forgive. Told in alternating points of view, A Step Toward Falling is a poignant, hopeful, and altogether stunning work that will appeal to fans of Jennifer Nevin, Robyn Schneider, and Jandy Nelson.

Emily has always been the kind of girl who tries to do the right thing—until one night when she does the worst thing possible. She sees Belinda, a classmate with developmental disabilities, being attacked. Inexplicably, she does nothing at all.

Belinda, however, manages to save herself. When their high school finds out what happened, Emily and Lucas, a football player who was also there that night, are required to perform community service at a center for disabled people. Soon, Lucas and Emily begin to feel like maybe they're starting to make a real difference. Like they would be able to do the right thing if they could do that night all over again. But can they do anything that will actually help the one person they hurt the most?

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I haven't read Cammie McGovern's debut novel, but her upcoming release definitely sounds like a book I have to read. While this one covers some more serious topics, such as bullying, I am very intrigued by Emily and Lucas's relationship and how they learn more about themselves as they perform community service. I'm interested to see how Emily and Lucas try to change who they are as people and find a way to make up for what they did.