Part of The Baby-Sitters Club, book 58
First published 1992
Stacey McGill thought her parents' divorce was hard enough to handle. She dreams of having an ordinary teenage life, but that hope seems to slip further away each day. Her world becomes more complicated when her mother asks for her support with something important. Then her father makes his own request for help. Stacey finds herself caught in the middle, pulled in two directions by the people she loves most. Each parent needs her, but she cannot be in two places at once. The divorce has already changed everything about her family, and now she faces an impossible decision. Stacey must figure out how to navigate her loyalty to both parents while trying to protect her own heart. This choice will test her relationships and force her to grow up faster than she wanted.
Genres: fiction, contemporary, young-adult, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
138 pages · Paperback · Apple