Tessa has always been anxious, but it's become worse since her mother died a few months ago. To calm herself down, she cuts out photos of missing kids from milk cartons and keeps them in a file. It helps her feel like she's not alone.
Her friends are drifting away. Then, worst of all, Tessa's dad suddenly announces that he's getting married - and that his fiancé is pregnant. His fiancé's parents gift them a house at the beach, and Tessa must move.
As Tessa navigates new friendships with a group of misfit boys and a new stepmother, she realises she must let go of old friends and old habits if she wants to regain control of her life.
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Shaunta Grimes has worked as a substitute teacher, a newspaper reporter, a drug court counselor, and a vintage-clothing seller. Before writing for children, she published two science-fiction novels, Viral Nation and Rebel Nation . She lives in Reno with her family, where she writes, teaches, and perpetually studies at the Univ
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