High school girl with a disfiguring birthmark learns to love and stand up for herself. At the same time, her family must figure out how to deal with the emotional abusiveness of the husband/father. They take strength in each other and some new friends to escape the bounds the man has put on them. 
 Story uses maps, geocaching, and travel as metaphors for the self and transformation. Interesting, could be difficult for some readers (abuse), but well done.