In this book, Jade doesn't know yet that she wants something more out of life - and that she is about to meet someone that will change her life. Jade is an overachiever who has developed panic disorder. Sometimes, the medicine she takes makes her antsy at night, so she's taken to watching the online elephant cam from her local zoo. One night, the camera shows her a teenage boy in a red jacket with a baby, and she is inexplicably drawn to them. Throughout the course of her senior year, Jade finds herself feeling more and more out-of-place with her friends as they discuss their future plans. She's ready for her life to change, but she's not sure how. When she gets a job at the zoo and befriends the elephants and their caretakers, things seem right again. Then she meets the boy in the red jacket face-to-face. As their relationship grows, secrets are revealed on both sides, and it is that relationship which ultimately gives her the strength to make some extremely difficult choices. I have read two of Caletti's other books, Wild Roses and Stay, and loved both of them. To me, this one was not as enjoyable as the other two. I felt some spots were not as strong as her other novels. It was a good, quick read and, overall, it wasn't too bad.
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