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Mara James has always been a perfectionist with a plan. But despite years of overachieving at her elite school, Mara didn't plan on having a total meltdown during her calculus exam. Like a rip-up-the-test-and-get-escorted-out kind of meltdown. And she definitely didn't plan on never wanting to show her face again. Mara knows she should go back,only she can't bring herself to do it. Because suddenly she doesn't know why she's been overachieving all these years. So Mara tells her mom she wants to go live with her estranged dad in Tahoe. Maybe in a place like Tahoe, where people go to get away from everyday life, and with a dad like Trick McHale, a ski bum avoiding real life, Mara can figure things out. Except Tahoe is nothing like she thought it would be. There are awesome new friends and a chance to finally get to know Trick, but there are also still massive amounts of schoolwork. Can Mara find a balance between the future and the now, or will she miss out on both?
About the Author
KIM CULBERTSON is the award-winning author of the YA novels SONGS FOR A TEENAGE NOMAD (Sourcebooks 2010) , INSTRUCTIONS FOR A BROKEN HEART (Sourcebooks 2011) , CATCH A FALLING STAR (Scholastic 2014) , THE POSSIBILITY OF NOW (Scholastic 2016) , and THE WONDER OF US (Scholastic 2017) . Much of her inspiration for her novels comes from her many years as a high school teacher. In 2012, Kim wrote her eBook novella The Liberation of Max McTrue for her students, who, over the years, have taught her far more than she has taught them. Kim lives in the Northern California foothills with her husband and daughter.
