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Overview

The past is in the past ... except when it haunts your present.

Sterling Rose has been bullied by her high school's resident mean girls for the past four years. Right before graduation, a devastating encounter in the girls' locker room, makes life in her small hometown a living hell. So Sterling runs away to Houston in hopes of anonymity in a big city. There, she finds work in the airport coffee shop, and enjoys real friendship in a cast of quirky characters. But Sterling can't help but feel she never stood up for herself back home, and the cycle of bullying will never end. The more she thinks about it, the more she wants to go back home and give those ...
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Overview

The past is in the past ... except when it haunts your present.

Sterling Rose has been bullied by her high school's resident mean girls for the past four years. Right before graduation, a devastating encounter in the girls' locker room, makes life in her small hometown a living hell. So Sterling runs away to Houston in hopes of anonymity in a big city. There, she finds work in the airport coffee shop, and enjoys real friendship in a cast of quirky characters. But Sterling can't help but feel she never stood up for herself back home, and the cycle of bullying will never end. The more she thinks about it, the more she wants to go back home and give those girls a piece of her mind, expose them for what they are, put an end to their reign. Only problem is, Sterling has never had real self-esteem and they'd see right through all the grandstanding. So she retreats to her life in Houston until she can get up enough courage to return home. A happenstance meeting with a super cute Australian during an airport lockdown boosts her confidence for a while, but when he returns to the other side of the world, everything Sterling was starting to believe about herself is lost. Down in the doldrums and short on luck, something happens to Sterling that alters the course of her life forever.

Product Details

  • BN ID: 2940012950208
  • Publisher: FLOAT For Teens
  • Publication date: 6/2/2011
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Sales rank: 1,117,997
  • File size: 701 KB

Meet the Author

Sterling Rose is a fictional character and the main character in the story of FLOAT. Her name is used as a pen name for the author, in hopes readers will connect more with the story and the idea behind FLOAT, than the author's true name.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 9, 2011

    Something we can all relate to!

    There is a little bit of Sterling Rose in all of us, (some more than others) which is what makes this book so enjoyable. Leaving high school is a fun, but also intimidating part of life. It was refreshing reading about Sterling navigating herself through this time while struggling with and confronting her insecurities from the past that were left behind by those "mean" people we've all encountered. Sterling's triumphs become your own. I high recommend it!

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  • Posted August 9, 2011

    Great story with a great message!

    I read this in almost one sitting...couldn't put it down. I was taken with Sterling right from the start. I think almost every young girl can relate to her in some way and I found myself really rooting for her through out the book. I very much enjoyed seeing her come into her own. This is a great book for teens and young adults -- it really has such a great message in my opinion. When my own daughter gets old enough I plan to have her read it as well.

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