Saving June is a must read!

I read the summary after the sample. The voice of Harper Scott drew me into the pages of this book. She was opinionated and misunderstood, and definitely the Bobbie Dylan, cigarette smoking chick to put you on the edge of your seat and leave a reader guessing.

She was the complete opposite of her sister, June, the one she didn’t save, physically. But this book isn’t about the physical, well it is a little. There is Jake Tolan, and believe me, he gives Harper’s Dylan image a real nice run, on the fun, interesting road to California.

There’s a lot to be learned in this young adult novel about the big issues of why someone that young might take their own life, but what I found more compelling wasn’t “why”, but the reasons to live and this book gives you plenty. I have to say I’m a sucker for lines like these…

“There is so much beauty in just existing. In being alive. I don’t want to miss a second.” Harper Scott, Saving June.

How can you not like a character like this? I would highly recommend this book to young adults and parents (like me) looking to understand them. With that said, I have a daughter, and if she did take off to California - she would be grounded for life.
Summary for Hannah Harrington's Saving June

Everyone's sorry. But no one can explain why.

Harper Scott's older sister, June, took her own life a week before high school graduation, leaving Harper devastated. So when her divorcing parents decide to split up June's ashes, Harper steals the urn and takes off cross-country with her best friend, Laney, to the one place June always dreamed of going—California.

Enter Jake Tolan, a boy with a bad attitude, a classic-rock obsession…and an unknown connection to June. When he insists on joining them, Harper's just desperate enough to let him. With his alternately charming and infuriating demeanor and his belief that music can see you through anything, he might be exactly what Harper needs. Except…Jake's keeping a secret that has the power to turn her life upside down—again.