What You Left Behind by Jessica Verdi, 361 pages
Ryden Brooks is a single father to Hope. At 17 years old, Ryden isn’t prepared to be a
father but since Meg, Hope’s mother, died of cancer, he isn’t willing to give
her up so he doesn’t have much choice.
Ryden feels like he is failing miserably at being a father, he blames
himself for Meg getting pregnant when she had cancer, and he’s having a
terrible time juggling fatherhood with work.
He is really concerned about how to handle school when it starts and
especially his soccer schedule. His plan
has always been to play for UCLA on scholarship and doesn’t want to give it
up. Ryden’s feelings about Meg, Hope,
and his life threaten to overwhelm him. If he can’t find a way to deal with
them, he may fall apart completely. This
was an incredible coming of age story about an atypical single parent in high
school situation. I would highly
recommend this to teens who like realistic fiction.
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