Catherine Bateson

Following her parents separation, twelve-year-old Rain moves with her mother to the country, where she befriends the unpopular boy who lives next door and also seeks a way to cope with her feelings toward her father and his new girlfriend.

When her dad invites a woman to live with them after her mom dies, Bee gets curious about this new and unwanted addition to her family and soon discovers something about her that she has yet to reveal to the father she loves.