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A new city, a deliberate distance
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A new city, a deliberate distance
Maggie Dempsey has spent years being uprooted by her parents’ frequent moves. After losing friends, a school, a sense of belonging, and a boyfriend along the way, she arrives in Austin determined not to get attached—or to let anyone get attached to her. The story’s central tension comes from that self-protective plan colliding with the unpredictable experience of starting over. Its focus on relocation, friendship, and belonging gives the novel a clear social coming-of-age frame, with Maggie’s resistance to connecting shaping the premise.
Good fit for readers who enjoy
- Teens and young adults interested in stories about moving and starting over.
- Readers drawn to coming-of-age fiction centered on friendship, belonging, and social change.
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