'Don'tcha just hate the way you get caught up in stuff without really wanting to? You make a wrong move, and before you know it you're in some weird scene that isn't you but . how do you get out of it? Maybe you lied, maybe you stole, maybe you betrayed your closest friend. It happens. Yeah. Then it goes a bit further, and suddenly you're one of those jerks you hate because . you can't be trusted.'Rose is all packed up. She's got a van full of petrol and a stack of CDs. She's got a surfboard in the back and a secret that won't go away. But that's okay. She also has enough attitude to light up the night sky. Then her mother decides to come along . and Rose's road trip takes an unplanned U-turn, straight to the heart of last summer.

 

This book was recognised in the Australian Book of the Year - Older Children category by the Australian Book Industry Awards.

There are 342 pages in this book. This book was published 2008 by Allen & Unwin .

Maureen McCarthy's most recent novel is "Rose by Any Other Name. "