No Place Like Here - Christina June

Get ready for a modern twist on Hansel and Gretel!

Ashlyn Zanotti has big plans for the summer. After spending a year at boarding school, she can’t wait to return home. But when her father is arrested for tax evasion and her mother enters rehab for “exhaustion” (a.k.a. depression), Ashlyn's life is turned upside down.

To make matters worse, her father sends her to work with a cousin she barely knows at a rustic team-building retreat center in the middle of nowhere. A self-proclaimed “indoor girl,” Ashlyn finds that even her habit of leaving breadcrumb quotes—motivational sayings she scribbles everywhere—can’t help her cope.

With a dangerously careless camp manager assigning grunt work, an overbearing father trying to control her from prison, and a tangled web of boy drama, Ashlyn’s summer is filled with challenges. She faces the toughest decision of her life: Should she keep quiet and follow her father’s orders, or summon the courage to stand up to him in hopes of finding her way back home?

No Place Like Here is perfect for fans seeking stories rich in drama, romance, and friendship, along with an unflinching exploration of navigating and improving even the most difficult parent-teen relationships.