This novel, capturing the darker side of suburbia, follows Kara McNaughton, who, unable to figure out her own story or "ballad" in life, leaves home at the end of her junior year, only to return four years later to revisit the disastrous events that led to her departure so she can move on with her life. Original.
An aspiring film writer tells about her troubled teen years in the Chicago suburbs when she and her friends tried to escape the pain of their lives through rock music and drugs.
- Genre: Juvenile Fiction, Fiction + Literature Genres
- Subgenre: General, Health + Daily Living / General, Performing Arts, Social Issues / Drugs + Alcohol + Substance Abuse
- Publisher: Mtv Books
- Pages: 344
- Edition: Original
- Language: English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date: July 21, 2009
- Date Published: July 21, 2009
- Author: Stephanie Kuehnert