Plans are made to be broken. It's the last day of junior year, and seventeen-year-old Ritzy - short for Maritza - is pretty sure she has a great plan. Summer job - check. Hang with friends at the beach - check. Keep looking after herself as she's been doing since her mum bailed to follow her bliss - check. Or no check? After someone reports that Ritzy is living alone, a social worker shows up and puts her into foster care. That's surprise enough. But there are more surprises in store, and not all are unpleasant. Like the cute, friendly boy next door. When Ritzy's old life catches up with her new one, she has some tough decisions to make. Can she plan for the worst, but still hope for the best?

 

This book has been graded for interest at 14+ years.

There are 336 pages in this book. This book was published 2019 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc .

Lauren Morrill is the author of five YA novels. A graduate of Indiana University, she has worked as a cashier at Target; a khaki-folder and greeter at the Gap; a balloon-animal-making, face-painting clown; a receptionist at a real estate agency; and a curatorial assistant at the world's largest children's museum. She has also held many jobs in higher education, from admissions to residence life and back again. She is now proud to call herself an Author?with a capital A. Lauren lives in Macon, Georgia, with her husband, Adam (a journalism professor), and their two sons. Her books include Meant to Be, Being Sloane Jacobs, The Trouble With Destiny and My Unscripted Life.