Saving Zoe

By: Alyson Noel

Narrated by: Katie Schorr

Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's summary

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE!

It's been one year since the brutal murder of her older sister, Zoë, and fifteen-year-old Echo is still reeling from the aftermath. Her parents are numb, her friends are moving on, and the awkward start to her freshman year proves she'll never live up to her sister's memory. Until Zoë's former boyfriend Marc shows up with Zoë's diary.

At first Echo's not interested, doubting there's anything in there she doesn't already know. But when curiosity prevails, she starts reading, becoming so immersed in her sister's secret world, their lives begin to blur, forcing Echo to uncover the truth behind Zoë's life so that she can start to rebuild her own.

Prepare to laugh your heart out and cry your eyes out in this highly addictive tale as Alyson Noël's Saving Zoë tackles the complicated relationship between two sisters and shows how the bond can endure long after one of them is gone.

©2007 Alyson Noel (P)2011 Macmillan Audio

Critic reviews

“Alyson Noël finds the perfect balance of heartbreak and humor in this story about sisters, secrets and saying goodbye. I loved every minute of it!” —Hailey Abbott, author of the New York Times bestselling Summer Boys series

“Even though you know from page one where the story will eventually lead, Saving Zoë pulls off the amazing trick of keeping you guessing. You have to follow along with Echo, the good sister chasing the tail of the 'bad' one through the streets of darkest suburbia. Prepare to read this in one long sitting. Think Chinatown. Think 'Where are you going, where have you been?' Think Veronica Mars.” —Maureen Johnson, author of Devilish

“Noel writes a smart and compelling story about life, love and loss that you won't be able to put down. Saving Zoe is a must-read.” —Cara Lockwood, author of Wuthering High

Ehhhh it’s okay

I listened to this book as recommendation that it was a book about a girls sex trafficking experience and what all young girls should listen to. This book BARELY touched on the subject and to be honest a young girl would not fully understand what exactly happened. I think there was too much fluff spent on the sisters story line and mistakes and not enough time spent on the seriousness of Zoe’s actions. This book should have been more black and white and not so many shades of grey.

missing something

Something was missing from this story as a whole. The bigger truth or moral or something like that.

Good book

The book was good but the narrator never changed her voice so sometimes got confusing between sisters

So good

Teen girls experience so much during those awkward yet important years. Seeing Echo find herself while she mourns the loss of her sister was albeit awkward, but so good.

Great Young Adult Book

After watching “Saving Zoe” on Netflix and learning it was based on a book, I decided to get the book on Audible and see how it compared to the movie & it’s story line—hoping it would fill in some plot holes.


“Saving Zoe” was a fast listen that I thoroughly enjoyed & completed in one day—I seriously listened to it for the whole six hours straight because of how good I found the plot and the answers it provided to fill out the movie’s plot line.

Saving Zoe

Well written book with excellent character description. I can see why it was chosen for movie production. Reads like a true crime show.

Great story!

Every young girl should read this or listen to this book! It might just save a life.....such a powerful book!

Fast interesting read, nice young adult book

Saving Zoe it's interesting read, a nice young adult book. I really liked the narrator