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Description
Fifteen-year-old Danielle wants to escape, so when her best friends convince her the love of her life is lying and using her, she steals a car and takes Ashley on a road trip. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations and language, and violence.
Quick Summary
Fifteen-year-old Danielle steals a car and takes her friend Ashley on a desperate road trip after her friends convince her that her boyfriend has been lying to her, creating a tense escape from her troubled life. The novel explores themes of friendship loyalty, romantic betrayal, teenage rebellion, and survival on the road while encountering profanity, sexual situations, and violence. If your kid likes "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" or similar coming-of-age stories with mature content, they will find this book compelling. This book is ideal for high school students in grades 9-12 who are ready for adult themes and are reading at an upper-middle school to early high school level.