Changes in Latitudes

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Jen Malone, author of teen novels Wanderlost and Map to the Stars, will take readers to the high seasliterallyin this contemporary YA novel about a girl facing the dissolution of her parents marriage, a new romance, and self-discovery while sailing down the Pacific coast.

After concluding that her is to blame for her parents recent divorce, Cassandra McClure is hoping to stay as far away from her as possible. With a summer of freedom right around the corner, it shouldnt be too hard. But when a forty-foot sailboat appears in her driveway and her mom announces that Cassie and her brother Drew will be accompanying her on a four-month sailing trip down to Mexico, Cassies plans for the summer go, quite literally, overboard.

Once the three set sail, tensions quickly rise. So meeting Jonaha gorgeous, whip-smart deckhandis an unexpected bright spot on an otherwise dim horizon. Though she tries to keep him at a distanceconsidering the upheaval of her home lifetheir chemistry is impossible to ignore, and Cassie soon finds herself questioning everything: Should she go for it with Jonah Can she forgive her mom Will home ever feel the same With lifes unpredictable tides working against her, Cassie must decide whether to swim against them, or dive right in.

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"Cassie's voice and feelings about the divorce are realistic. The story's strength lies in Cassie's realization of the impact her anger has on her happiness. A recommended purchase for coming-of-age romance shelves." -- School Library Journal

Author Bio

Jen Malone once spent a year traveling the world solo, met her husband on the highway (literally), and went into labor with her identical twins while on Stevie Nicks's tour bus. These days she saves the drama for her books. She is a former Hollywood film publicist and current college professor who lives in the Boston area with her husband and three children and (someday, when she wears her husband down) a pet hedgehog.