"Kiss me." He orders, slamming my locker shut. "Is she coming?" I ask, turning my head to look behind me, but he grabs my face and makes me look up at him. "Yes, now kiss me." I do as told, getting on my tippy toes as I lean up to kiss him. He kisses me back slowly, before he pins me against the lockers and deepens the kiss. My eyes widen and I try to push him away. This isn't part of the deal. He pulls away, a full on smirk plastered on his face. "I lied." He confesses, turning around. "She wasn't coming." Then, he walks away.

After fourteen year old Ivy's parents suddenly decide to get a divorce, she's uprooted from the only home she's ever known and forced to grow up in an instant. She finds herself navigating the ups and downs of her new normal while also dealing with unexpected obstacles that continue to arise. Despite the unfortunate situations that pop up around her Ivy manages to hold her own and embrace every situation with a new found maturity and courage .