Connie Gaertner

Changing Connie Gaertner

Seventeen-year-old Krista is unsure she'll be able to complete her much anticipated senior year and graduate with her class. Her family is moving, and she is forced to cope with her distraught parents' unwillingness to communicate with her. In this young adult story a teenager fights her insecurity, juggles her busy life, friendships, and her part-time job at Watson's Flowers. She must unravel and find a solution to her predicament. Krista is aware that soon she'll have no support and must find a place to live. Her involvement with handsome college student, Mario, the flower shop owner's son, complicates her feelings and efforts. Jeff Wellington, her past boyfriend and a well-known jerk, re-involves himself in Krista's life. As she fights loneliness, frustration, and worry, a bizarre situation develops.