The Sun Doesn't Always Shine

Be patient, they said.
Sometimes you have to go through the worst... to get to the best.

Cleome wasn't looking to be noticed - especially not at her new school, where secrets don't stay buried for long. But a chance friendship, a not-so-accidental rivalry, and a popular boy with too many eyes on him threaten to pull Cleome into the center of a storm she's spent years trying to outrun.

Ruthie doesn't like her.
Ashton can't stop noticing her.
And Cleome?
She just wants to keep her past in the past.

But when the rumors start again - this time with her name in every whisper - Cleome must decide whether to keep surviving in the shadows... or finally step into her own light.

Because even when the sun doesn't shine...
some girls still rise.