If I Had Tried, by Katelyn Gaglio, is a short novel about a 16 year old girl named Kate who lives in a gated in community that is unlike many others. She lives with her alcoholic father and has to face troubles that no other teenage girl should have to face. When the community faces several different suicides and murders, all hell breaks loose. A rebellion is formed from the ashes. Kate has to make her biggest decisions yet. She has to put in thought of her loved ones and save the community, but she can't do it alone. She needs all the help she can get, but she knows she has to face this problem head on. She knows the outcome of the community inside the fence.