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This young adult novel follows sixteen-year-old Jasmine Cooper as she begins a new life after spending a year in juvenile detention. Following her release, Jasmine moves into a new home with her mother, stepfather, and stepsister and enrolls in a new school, where she forms friendships and develops a romantic interest in a female classmate. At her mother's request, Jasmine keeps her detention history secret and distances herself from people associated with her past. When a former friend from the detention center contacts her, Jasmine must confront the consequences of concealing her past while considering questions of identity, trust, friendship, family, and second chances.