| Written by Sarah Parrish, Dover, Massachusetts |
Meet Sarah Parrish
Sarah is a senior at Dover-Sherborn High School where she is captain of the Alpine Ski Team and the Track and Field Team. She is also a member of her school’s Peer Helping Club and Community Service club. Throughout the summer, Sarah works as a counselor at a local summer camp and also as a server at the Chatham Filling station. With a passion for leadership and athletics, she enjoys ski instructing at Burke Mountain and coaching field hockey for Dover-Sherborn Youth Field Hockey. She also enjoys her participation in the Senior High Youth Group at Pilgrim Church where she volunteers around her community. In her freetime, she enjoys boating, skiing, running and traveling.
Gripped Part 5: Taylor’s Story by Stacy Padula is the most recent and action-packed story in the series. It tells “Taylor’s Story” including his involvement with selling drugs. The readers see the people that involved Taylor in the first place and how difficult it is for him to escape. Furthermore, the readers learn more about various relationships in the story such as Pat and Laurelle, Luke and Missy, and Cathy and Marc. While many of the Montgomery Lake High School students are at a club in the Seaport simultaneously with Taylor, the story takes a serious turn.
While Taylor is trying to sell his last batch of drugs before returning to his family for Easter, the police get in his way of him ever getting home. Taylor’s family fears that they may never see him again. Meanwhile, Missy goes missing and hasn’t responded to anyone’s texts or calls in hours. The story leaves us to wonder what will happen with Taylor, his family, and the police in the future and what will become of the students and the drug problems at Montgomery Lake High!! Stay tuned.
Synopsis
Taylor’s Story won the Silver Award in the 2022 Readers’ Choice Book Awards for Best Teen Book
Now being adapted for TV by Emmy-winning producer Mark Blutman!
Taylor Dunkin is missing.
The last message Jordan Dunkin receives from Taylor leads him to Taylor’s abandoned Jeep. Each of Taylor’s family members holds a piece of the puzzle, and as the Dunkins begin putting the details together, they are awakened to the possibility they may never see Taylor again.
No one can find Missy Kent.
Missy’s boyfriend Luke Davids last saw her dancing with their friends at a nightclub, but she hasn’t responded to anyone’s texts or calls for hours.
Everything is connected.
Taylor and Missy’s friends are dangerously close to learning the truth, but their ignorance might be the only thing keeping them safe. Every clue is leading them closer to peril.
The fifth book in the Gripped series moves through details at a thrilling pace. Secrets are revealed and lives are at stake. Taylor, Missy, their friends, and their families must figure out who they can trust before it’s too late.
Books by Stacy A. Padula 
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