Rosie Moon, 15, is irritated with her life. Her mom treats her like a 5 year old, her dad doesn't really care, and her younger brother is a nuisance. The best thing about her life is her best friend, Pip, until a rebellious new kid, Asher, comes to school. His parents are seperated, which doesn't help with the move. Asher and Rosie want to get away from it all and when Asher is accused of stealing a wallet, their dreams become a reality. They set off for their "crazy" adventure where they find themselves...and each other.
Jeannete Walls's book Half Broke Horses is the true story of Walls's grandmother, Lily Casey Smith. Growing up on a ranch in Arizona with her parents and two younger siblings, Lily felt there was something more in life for her. At a young age, she began teaching and traveled across the country. Half Broke Horses takes the reader through Lily's life from work, to marriage, to raising her own family. It's a true testament to the struggle women had during the Great Depression.
Sixteen year old, Brit Hemphill, can be seen as your typical semi-rebellious teen. She is lead vocals in her rock band, sports a tatoo, and can't for the life of her get along with her father and step-mother. Any other parent would just let their child live out their rebellious teen years. But not hers. Her father and step-mother send her to Red Rock; a boot camp like institution that breaks people down in order to "share their emotions." Here, Brit learns about her real mother, who lives in an institution with schizophrenia.
What would you do if you had to move every few weeks? What if you had to live out of a suitcase and make new friends? What if you had to move all the time because you and your mother stole things? Well, in Dani's case, that's reality. She must help her mother break into houses, steal silver, and leave town as quickly as possible. As an eighteen year old, Dani has never been to high school, had friends, or a boyfriend. Dani and her mother have "settled in" to a little beach town called Heaven. Dani has finally made a friend and met an amzing guy, who happens to be a cop.
Kiera Davis is going through tough times. She thinks her husband is having an affair, her teenage daughter is being rebellious, and Kiera's been having awful migraines, with bright flashes of light preluding them. She wants to think the migraines are normal, but she knows there's more beneath the surface-maybe connected to a haunting event in her past that she'd rather just forget about. Kiera's been living with a dark secret since high school, and feels the time is near for when she will be punished for it.
