After a year spent at a boarding school for her past mistakes, Ashlyn
is ready to reconnect with her friends, restart her life, and enter
senior year. But when family trouble hits home and she is forced to help
out at her estranged cousin's wilderness retreat center, Ashlyn
struggles between returning to the girl she was or growing into someone
new.
Ashlyn Zanotti has big plans for the summer. She's just spent a year at
boarding school and can't wait to get home. But when Ashlyn's father is
arrested for tax evasion and her mother enters a rehab facility for
"exhaustion," a.k.a. depression, her life is turned upside down again.
Things go from bad to worse when Ashlyn's father sends her to work with
a cousin she doesn't even know at a rustic team-building retreat center
in the middle of nowhere. A self-proclaimed "indoor girl," not even
Ash's habit of leaving breadcrumb quotes--inspirational sayings she
scribbles everywhere--can help her cope.
With a dangerously careless camp manager doling out grunt work, an
overbearing father trying to control her even from prison, and more than
a little boy drama to struggle with, the summer is full of challenges.
And Ashlyn must make the toughest decision of her life: keep quiet and
follow her dad's marching orders or find the courage to finally stand up
to her father to have any hope of finding her way back home.
A modern twist on Hansel and Gretel, No Place like Here features:
- A strong female lead who doesn't shy away from difficult parent-teen
relationships
- A clean and wholesome love triangle, romcom vibes, and feel-good fuzzy
emotions
- Returning cast of characters from Christina June's It Started With
Goodbye
- Perfect for fans of Elise Bryant, Morgan Matson, and Sarah Dessen
