The Space Between Us (In Progress)

Gemma Butler's mom died a year ago, and ever since then, her family's been broke, because her dad doesn't want to move on from the job he had when her mother died. She's had to parent her little brother, Israel, at seventeen. What's more, her friends don't get it, and so when she does something stupid, they disown her. Finally, as Gemma sees how desperate their situation is, she tells her dad to move on. She means get a better job or something like that. But that's not how he takes it. Suddenly, her dad is never around. Her rock is gone! And then she finds out why- he's engaged to a movie star! And she has to move to New York City. Gemma feels like she's betrayed her mom. How will she deal with all of this while she's trying to figure out what she wants to do with her life?