"If she'd waited less than two weeks, my sister would be June who died in June. But I guess she never took that into account."
Harper Scott's older sister, June, took her own life a week before high school graduation, leaving Harper devastated. So when her divorcing parents decide to split up June's ashes, Harper steals the urn and takes off cross-country with her best friend, Laney, to the one place June always dreamed of goingCalifornia.
Enter Jake Tolan, a boy with a bad attitude, a classic-rock obsessionand an unknown connection to June. When he insists on joining them, Harper's just desperate enough for answers to let him. With his alternately charming and infuriating demeanor and his belief that music can see you through anything, he might be exactly what Harper needs. ExceptJake's keeping a secret that has the power to turn her life upside downagain."