Breaking Up Author:Norma Klein "A Rose in Bloom" — That was what people called her, and it wasn't just because her name was Alison--Ali for short--Rose. She couldn't help the way her looks were changing, or even the way her feelings were changing. But she wished that some things would stay the same. — The summer that Ali and her brother, Martin, left their mother in New York to... more » visit her father in California brought joy and pain. For Ali, it was a time of impossible decisions, of breaking up and getting together, of loss and love. But when her father decided to keep her from returning to her mother, and her best friend couldn't stand to see her falling in love, Ali had to find a way to please everyone at once--and still be true to the woman she was becoming.« less