The Fall

by Colleen Nelson

FINALIST, Forest of Reading, White Pine Award 2013
SELECTION, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Fall 2013

If only.
Two words that’ll kill. Slowly.
But maybe, that’s what you deserve.

When one teen dies in a tragic accident, the lives of three others are forever changed. One turns to alcohol to escape his guilt. Another looks to a gang to replace what he’s lost. Ben must find the strength to break through a growing web of lies and convince everyone at school that he was not to blame. But first he has to convince himself.

Genres: Young Adult, Realistic Fiction, Canada

193 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

Colleen Nelson is the author of YA fiction books Finding Hope (2016), 250 Hours (2015), The Fall (2013) and Tori by Design (2011). 'The Fall' and 'Tori by Design' both won the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award. 'The Fall' was also nominated for the White Pine Award. Currently living in Winnipeg with her husband, two young sons and three grown step-children, Colleen manages to eke out time to write everyday, but usually in the early morning after a strong cup of coffee. A junior high school teacher for ten years before having children, Colleen is familiar and comfortable with the tricky phase of life called 'adolescence'. Now a Teacher-Librarian in Winnipeg, Canada, Colleen is constantly on the look-out for books that will catch the attention of her reading-reluctant sons.