Publisher: Saddleback Publishing

Copyright Date: 2012

Edition Date: 2012 Release Date: 12/21/11

Pages: 137 pages

ISBN: 1-616-51793-X

ISBN 13: 978-1-616-51793-9

Dewey: Fic

Dimensions: 21 cm.

Subject Heading:
Pregnancy. Juvenile fiction.
Unmarried mothers. Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and daughers. Juvenile fiction.
Aunts. Juvenile fiction.
African Americans. Juvenile fiction.
Pregnancy. Fiction.
Unmarried mothers. Fiction.
Mothers and daughers. Fiction.
Aunts. Fiction.
African Americans. Fiction.

Language: English

Word Count: 26,886

Reading Level: 3.1

Interest Level: 9-12

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 3.1 / points: 4.0 / quiz: 149794 / grade: Upper Grades

Reading Counts!: reading level:3.3 / points:9.0 / quiz:Q58834

Lexile: HL390L

Themes: Realistic Fiction, Teen Pregnancy, Teen, Young Adult, Chapter Book, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Sixteen-year-old Neema Powell was always the best-looking girl in school. Her girlfriends said that she looked like Beyonce, with beautiful caramel skin and a body others would kill for. But right now she was a wreck. Her mother's sleazy boyfriend was towering over her screaming, "Get out!" And her own mother wouldn't even look at her as she walked out of the apartment into the dead January day. Neema knew that Nate, her boyfriend, would take care of her. I'll give Mom a couple of days to calm down, Neema thought, and I'll swing by to pick up a few items. Like my pills. A couple of days couldn't hurt. But those two days made all the difference, and Neema must draw from somewhere deep for the inner strength she will need. Hard-hitting, contemporary young adult fiction is not trendyit's not dystopia. There are no vampires, no werewolves, no castles. It's real life. It's unflinching. Gravel Road highlights the talent of YA authors committed to creating realistic fiction with emotional authenticity. No topic is off-limits: suicide, homosexuality, drugs, rape, gangs, bullying. Teens live with this reality each day. And they find a way to survive. Each paperback book is 116 to 268 pages.