Keep Holding On
Chew.
Swallow.
Chew.
Swallow.
Don’t look up.
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 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 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.
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Reviews
“Emotionally satisfying from beginning to end.”
— Kirkus Reviews
“You'll love it if you love reading an inspirational anti-bullying story. Everyone knows at least one bully in their school. Susane Colasanti shows us that you don't have to stand by and watch them continue their torture.”
— Seventeen
“Noelle’s situation will resonate with teen readers.”
— VOYA
“Susane Colasanti's latest lead character, a victim of bullying, narrates with an authentic voice in a novel that may well unite teens everywhere. Keep Holding On is a brave and sensitive novel for bullied teens that assures them that life gets easier, sometimes by finding the strength to speak up and take a stand.”
— Shelf Awareness