322 pages · Released 2010 · Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Content report card
I Will Save You parent’s guide: what’s inside
Medium confidence
LGBTQ+ themes
None · 0/5
What it offers
Educational value
A little · 1/5
A note for parents
This coming-of-age novel follows a teen runaway who finds healing and belonging at a summer job, but grapples with trauma from his past. While the story emphasizes personal growth and resilience, it deals with mature themes including abuse, grief, and emotional turmoil. The book is appropriate for older teens who can handle psychological complexity, though younger readers may find the darker elements difficult.
Seventeen-year-old Kidd Ellison runs away to work for the summer at a beach campsite in California where his hard work and good looks lead to friendship and love but painful past memories surface in menacing ways.Seventeen-year-old Kidd Ellison runs away to work for the summer at a beach campsite in California where his hard work and good looks lead to friendship and love but painful past memories surface in menacing ways.
