Stolen Cars by Patrick Jones

Living in poverty with her mother and Carl, her mom’s latest boyfriend (“a dad wannabe”) in a trailer park, Danielle is still reeling from having her trust betrayed and her heart broken by Reid. She survives the breakup thanks to the help of Ashley, her best friend forever, and Evan, a goofy friend with a mad crush on her. But things change as Ashley pulls away into a new friendship, Evan moves on, and her mother continues to allow the often drunk and sometimes abusive Carl to remain. Things look better for Danielle when she meets Jordan at a church young group, but also much worse as she encounters sexual harassment from her driving education teacher. Danielle tries to successfully navigate the web of relationships around her, while staying true to herself in this sequel to “Stolen Car.”