Bridge is still shaken by the accident that nearly killed her a few years ago, and she still carries a sense of Purpose: as the nurse in the hospital told her, she survived for a reason. What that reason might be, though, is totally unclear: to keep her friend Emily from making a series of terrible decisions? To temper Tab's growing senses of feminism and social justice? To support her brother through another insane bet with his friend? Or does she have the opportunity-and obligation--to live her own life and see where it goes? 
 As usual, Stead has created a rich, complicated, and very real world. She hits some current issues a little heavy-handedly (), but it's a normal, understandable part of the plot; it's not something shoehorned in as a Lesson. 
 Make sure to order this one for middle-school collections.