In this romantic road trip story perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen and
Morgan Matson, a teen girl discovers the value of ordinary objects while
learning to forgive her absent father.
A lot can happen on the road from lost to found...
Ali Collins doesn't have room in her life for clutter or complications.
So when her estranged father passes away and leaves her his only prized
possession--a 1968 Firebird convertible--Ali knows she won't keep it.
Not when it reminds her too much of all her father's unfulfilled
promises. And especially not when a buyer three hundred miles up the
Pacific coast is offering enough money for the car to save her childhood
home from foreclosure. There's only one problem, though. Ali has no idea
how to drive a stick shift.
But her ex-boyfriend, Nico, does.
The road trip gets off to a horrible start, filled with unexpected
detours, roadblocks, and all the uncomfortable tension that comes with
being trapped in a car with your ex. But when Nico starts collecting
items from the quirky strangers they meet along the way, Ali starts to
sense that these objects aren't random. Somehow they seem to be leading
her to an unknown truth about her father. A truth that will finally
prove to Ali that some things--even broken things--are worth saving.