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The Walter house has always been loud, messy, and overflowing with personality, (something Clover Walter learned to navigate long before she learned to drive). As one of the eldest daughters, she's the quiet observer: the ranch girl with dirt on her boots, dog-eared novels on her nightstand, and a little sister who follows her like a shadow. Clover keeps the peace, she keeps things steady.
Clover knows her place in the chaos.
But everything shifts the summer Jackie Howard arrives: a girl from a different world suddenly dropped into the Walters' orbit. With Jackie adjusting to ranch life and the boys adjusting to Jackie, Clover finds herself caught in the crossfire of changing dynamics, new tensions, and the slow unraveling of the familiar rhythm she's always depended on.
And as the school year begins, more changes slip in through the cracks. Corie Owens, Alex's childhood best friend who lives around the corner, blends into the family as naturally as ever, yet even her presence feels different this year, as if everyone is quietly redefining who they are. Then there's Dallas Franklin, the new grunge-skater boy whose arrival sends subtle ripples through Clover's world. He doesn't fit their town, their school, or their rules...and Clover can't decide if that bothers her or intrigues her.
Between shifting friendships, unexpected visitors, whispered secrets, and the kind of growing up no one warns you about, Clover begins to realize that this might be the year everything changes: at home, at school, and within herself.
Life with the Walter boys has never been simple. But now, it might just become unforgettable.