Sixteen-year-old Tatum Elsea is bracing for the worst summer of her life. Trapped under her stepmother-imposed house arrest and her BFF ghosting her, Tatum pours herself into the assigned community service. With a helpful push from her fellow community service member, Abby, Tatum fills her time at homebuilding her covert graphic design business, right under her stepmotherтАЩs nose. When a cute cello-playing client sweeps Tatum off her feet, sheтАЩs left breathless and eager to get out of these four walls.
But Tatum discovers she's not the only one in the house keeping secrets as she takes the chance to make amends with her family and friends. Encouraged by her feisty step-abuela/fairy-godmother, and filled with a new perception of life, Tatum is ready to start fresh and maybe even get her happy ending along the way.
A contemporary twist on the Cinderella tale, It Started With Goodbye features:
Christina June writes young adult contemporary fiction when sheтАЩs not writing college recommendation letters during her day job as a school counselor. She loves the little moments in life that help someone discover who theyтАЩre meant to becomeтАФwhether itтАЩs her students or her characters. Christina is a voracious reader, loves to travel, eats too many cupcakes, and hopes to one day be bicoastalтАФthe east coast of the US and the east coast of Scotland. She lives just outside Washington, D.C., with her husband and daughter.