Nora and Ellie can't wait until the last day of their junior year. The night before, they go with a bunch of friends to the rec center to dance and afterwards to the park to drink and dance some more. One of the girls ex-boyfriend follows them there and causes some problems, but everyone gets home safely. The next morning, Cheryl, whose ex was the problem the night before, and Bobbie Jo stop by to walk with Nora and Ellie to school. Nora and Ellie are running late because they are slightly hungover, so Cheryl and Bobbie Jo go on without them. That would be the last time they see Cheryl and Bobbie Jo alive. Someone waits for them in the woods and shoots them. The whole town assumes the murderer is Buddy, Cheryl's ex, but the police have no evidence, so they have to let him go. Nora's summer and whole life have been changed by this tragedy. She starts questioning everything, even Buddy's guilt.
This is an fictionalized account of a true crime that happened during the author's teenaged years. It's obvious that she has been haunted by it for years and has struggled to make sense of all of it. Clearly, this was a book she had to write.
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