Moving on Up

Rosie Dryden was not ready to become a Californian. She knew that the moment that her mother announced the family's imminent uprooting from their comfortable Chicago life and towards the sunshine of the west coast. And Rosie was pretty sure that sunshine would be the only upside in a world where her awkwardness would stand out like a sore thumb among the beautiful people of the boardwalk.

She was wrong. Oh, so very wrong.