Waiting for the Light to Change

Sarah has taught high school for years, and she is used to the strain of the job and of raising a daughter on her own. This year, though, her patience is thin. Her shy daughter, Jenny, is struggling through her final years of school, and Sarah's ex-husband has reappeared after twelve years away, unsettling the fragile balance she has built. At work, two senior boys have set out to undermine her and take over the debate team she coaches, and Sarah finds herself in an open conflict with them. Set in an American high school, the story follows a teacher and her family as they face these pressures, and as the people around them learn hard lessons about love, anger and forgiveness.