Kenzie is not the sort of teen who gets pregnant. She has college plans, a boyfriend who is headed to Yale, but she took risks. Earlier in the year, she lost her beloved father and now her mother just wants to move on. Her mother wants to do the same with the pregnancy. Kenzie decides to keep the baby and her mother creates a plan to keep the pregnancy a secret: she sends Kenzie off to Spain for the summer. Staying with a friend of her mother, Kenzie is taken under the wing of Estela, a small, fierce woman who cooks for the ranch where they raise bulls for bullfighting. Estela guides Kenzie through learning to cook, making sure that she also takes care of herself and the baby. Kenzie meets the couple who will adopt her baby and also a young man who works on the ranch with the animals. She slowly comes out of her shell, building relationships with those around her. This book is an homage to Spain, an exploration of choice, and a delight of a read.

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