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How Far Would You Have Gotten If I Hadn't Called You Back?

Valerie Hobbs's thoughtful, acclaimed novel in a new POINT edition.

When 16-yr-old Bronwyn Lewis's family uproots itself and moves across the country to sleepy Ojala, California, Bron is caught off-guard by the effortless cool of her new classmates. In order to make it in Ojala, Bron will have to remake herself. And so she does, putting aside her stuides to drag race, hang out, and meet boys. Soon she's involved in an intense love triangle — with no easy solutions.

Genre
literary fiction
Themes
sports
Setting
1990scalifornia
Audience
young adult
Length
medium · 320 pages

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