Life has to go on - without Mike.

Christy still can’t face Sonny's — the soda shop where she and Mike spent so much time. She wonders if there will ever be a day when she doesn't see Mike’s shadow in everything she does….

So Christy tries to throw herself into the last months of her senior year. Nina, a new girl, reminds Christy of what it was like to be a stranger in town. Christy's old friends are supportive. But it is David Webster who helps Christy realize she can, indeed, love again. [text from book jacket]