One home. Two homes. Three homes. The list goes on and on. New home after new home slowly breaks Scarlett Montgomery. Before the wreck, she lived happily with her father, mother, and younger sister, Serena. The two girls, torn apart by different foster homes, have not seen each other in 5 years. Now, the 14 year old girl spends her life running from foster homes and adoption, searching for her purpose in life. And searching for Serena, with a slim hope that someday she'll find her. No home, no family, no friends, and no hope, With nothing to hold onto, Scarlett loses herself on the Road of the Lost.
Scarlet just wants to be left alone and finish high school as she moved away from her home. People at her old school saw her as odd and she only had two best friends that were left back in London when she moved. She is forced into a new school being the new girl and hating the people in the school. Everybody seemed to enjoy drama and teasing the new girl relentlessly but she knows how to stand up for herself and she can be more dangerous than they think. Some trauma from home is found and in danger of being told, things that she doesn't really want people to know.
You'd think getting through high school would be easy.
A certain bad boy who happens to be her neighbor takes a keen interest in her. She's never liked anyone and has had no real interest in any relationship, only her studies that kept her busy. He's smart but acts like he's the greatest and he tries to impress her but she can hardly be impressed by things she can do.
Distractions around every corner with the bad boy and the popular mean girl group that doesn't approve of the bad boys attention on her.