One More Step (Orca Soundings)

Fourteen-year-old Julian's parents separated when he was a baby and he is still angry and hurt.

His mother has had relationships since―all of which have ended disastrously―but this time it seems serious. Jean-Paul looks like he might be the real thing. Julian is wary―and critical―as he comes to terms with the fact that he and his brother may have to let down their defenses and allow their mother to find happiness. On a road trip with his mother and her new beau, Julian finds that love―and happiness―come in many guises. In the end, he realizes that it is not blood that determines true family, but the willingness to stand together.

This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for teen readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read!

Sheree Fitch has won almost every major award for Canadian children's literature, including the 2000 Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People, which acknowledges a "body of work inspirational to Canadian children." She has over twenty-five books to her credit. Her home base is on the east coast of Canada.