"My Life Next Door" by Huntley Fitzpatrick is a novel full of friendship, family, and romance. Samantha Reed's family is as perfect as it can be without her father, who left them before she was born. The Garretts are the polar opposites of the Reeds: unorganized, obnoxious, and caring.
For the past ten years, ever since the Garretts moved in next door to them, Samantha's mother has looked down on the Garretts, calling them indecent. Samantha has always watched the Garretts, yearning to be one of them. Then everything changes the night Jase meets Samantha, after climbing up to her roof. The Garretts welcome Samantha with open arms, while her own family and friends know nothing of her and Jase's relationship. When the unimaginable happens and Samantha's world comes crashing down, she is faced with an undecidable decisions.Will she ever tell her family and friends? Will Samantha be able to stay true to one she loves, without misleading another? This book is available in the John I. Burton library.
Written by: Haley H.