Set in the same community as the remarkable Speak, this┬аnovel will make you think, laugh, cry, and rejoiceтАФsometimes at the same time.
"It confronts moral issues, religious conundrums, and the dynamics of emotions in young adult lives as two girls driven by the past and present realize their impact on the future."тАФKirkus Reviews
Kate Malone is a straight-A student, ministerтАЩs daughter, and ace long-distance runner who thinks she can handle it all, until her organized life starts to fall apart like a chain of chemical reactions. First her neighborsтАЩ house burns down and Kate has to share her room with her nemesis, Teri Litch. Meanwhile, the days are ticking by and sheтАЩs still waiting to hear from the only college sheтАЩs applied to: MIT. Kate feels that her life is spinning out of controlтАФand then something occurs that truly blows it all apart.