"My name is Rosie Moon. I am nearly sixteen. I'm hungry for a juicy life. I lean out the window at night and I can taste it out there, waiting for me."
Popular and smart, fifteen-year-old Rosie Moon is the quintessential good girl. She also wishes she could be someone else for a while, someone more interesting. Asher Fielding is the mysterious new boy at school who has dreadlocks and a love of Jim Morrison. On the first day of tenth grade, Rosie develops a crush on Asher, and when the two pair up for a poetry assignment they quickly form a bond. When Asher is falsely accused of stealing a wallet at school, he and Rosie decide to escape it all their families, their school, their ordinary town and hitchhike up the Australian coast. They know they shouldn't, and that is exactly why they do. Part road story, part love story, "Guitar Highway Rose" is a thrilling ride for anyone who has ever dreamed about escaping everyday life, even just for a little while."