Liam Vian Reviews “Gripped Part 1: The Truth We Never Told” by Stacy Padula

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By Liam Vian—Duxbury, Massachusetts

As a senior in high school, I recommend Gripped Part 1: The Truth We Never Told by Stacy Padula to anyone in high school or even older, as I believe it is insightful into how drugs can affect young adults and what they can do to their lives. This story was a really interesting read as it delves into three separate stories setting them up for the future of the series. It talks about a star college football student and his battle against addiction after a season-ending injury and his involvement with trafficking. It also talks about the relationship between two sisters that slowly gets worse due to one major event. And the last one is the toxic relationship between one of the sisters and a boy who she met at a party. 

The messages behind this book are powerful, and I believe they are something that many young adults should come to understand. Drug use in young adults is a major topic that I feel is not talked about enough in school and even in the home. This book does a phenomenal job of bringing awareness to the dark side of drug use, especially in kids in both high school and college. I thought it did a really good job of deterring one from the idea of doing drugs altogether. In summary, I enjoyed this book, and I think it is worth a read. 

About Liam Vian

Liam is a senior at Duxbury High School in Duxbury, MA where he has lived since 2017. Before this, he attended Forest Hill Elementary School in San Jose, CA and Birch Copse primary school in Reading, England. Liam has lived half of his life in England and the other half in the United States. His favorite subjects in school are health and science, and he plans to major in sports kinesiology/nutrition or sports management. Liam also works year round at a local restaurant called the Winsor House. He loves to travel and can’t wait to study abroad in different countries during college. 

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Published by Author Stacy A. Padula

Stacy Padula has spent the last 15 years working daily with teenagers as a college counselor, mentor, and life coach. She was named "Top Inspirational Author of the Year" for 2022 by the International Association of Top Professionals (New York, NY). In 2021, she was broadcast on the famous Reuters Building in Times Square as "Empowered Woman of the Year." Her Gripped book series is currently being adapted for TV by Emmy-winning producer Mark Blutman. She is the founder and CEO of Briley & Baxter Publications: a publishing company that donates a portion of its proceeds to animal rescues each month. She has edited and published a variety of titles, including Boston Bruins Anthem Singer Todd Angilly and Rachel Goguen's The Adventures of Owen & the Anthem Singer, LaTonya Pinkard of Netflix's Last Chance U's Nate & His Magic Lion, and former NHL player Norm Beaudin's memoir The Original: Living Life Through Hockey. Stacy resides in Plymouth, Massachusetts with her husband Tim and two miniature dachshunds, Briley and Baxter.