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Gripped Part 1: The Truth We Never Told

by Stacy A. Padula

Football, secrets, and a widening crisis

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Football, secrets, and a widening crisis

Set in the connected community of Montgomery, Massachusetts, the novel links a football injury to a hidden struggle involving pills circulating through high-school parties and familiar social circles. Taylor Dunkin’s changed prospects sit alongside his brother Marc’s effort to uncover the truth, while cousins and friends become entangled in the consequences. The setup places sports ambition, family ties, secrecy, and substance use in the same close-knit setting, with the story’s central question turning on how far the damage will spread before someone intervenes.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Young adult readers interested in football and sports-centered fiction
  • Readers seeking stories about family and friendship under pressure
  • Readers interested in fiction addressing pills and substance use among teens

Themes

Football and athletic ambitionFamily and friendshipSecrets and truth-seekingPills and substance useConsequences of experimentation

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Book overview

Now being adapted for TV by Emmy-Award winning producer Mark Blutman!

 

Gold Medal Winner in the 2022 Readers' Choice Book Awards: Teen Book Category

 

"A riveting read from start to finish." -Midwest Book Review

 

"A compelling and gripping novel." -Readers' Choice Book Awards

 

One choice. One secret. No way back.

 

In Montgomery, Massachusetts, everyone's connected-friends, families, secrets.

 

Taylor Dunkin had it all: star athlete, hometown legend, future NFL prospect. But one devastating injury changes everything, pulling him into a hidden battle that threatens to destroy him ... and everyone around him.

 

As pills spread through high school parties and close-knit circles, lives unravel. His brother Marc fights to uncover the truth. Cousins and friends like charismatic Chris, brilliant Jason, charming Luke, and anxious Cathy get caught in the web-where one experiment can spiral into disaster.

 

How far will the damage go before someone breaks?

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