A riveting coming-of-age story about a girl sleepwalking through a hot Midwestern summer until the sudden reappearance of her motherand a new boy in townchallenge her to dream bigger. Readers will eagerly follow Bliss as she discovers some rainbows are worth chasing. Laura Ruby, two-time National Book Award Finalist and author ofBone GapSeventeen-year-old Bliss Walker has been stuck in a home that doesnt feel like hers for six years. Ever since Mama dropped her off and never came back.Then, the summer before her senior year of high school, two things happen: Mama returns out of the blue, and Bliss meets Blake, a boy who listens like everything she has to say is worth hearing.It should be a dream come true. But as the summer spins on, Bliss finds herself facing a painful choice: between the life shes always longed for, and the world shes starting to make for herself.Raw and unvarnished, Jennifer Wilsons debut about one girls messy, unglamorous, very real summer in central Illinois is perfect for fans ofEmergency ContactandFar from the Tree.
