Unpregnant

Seventeen-year-old Veronica Clarke never thought she’d want to fail a test — until she finds herself holding a thick piece of plastic and staring at two solid pink lines. How her boyfriend managed to get her pregnant, even with the most consistent use of condoms, is a mystery — but with a college-bound future disappearing before her eyes, Veronica faces a decision she never imagined she’d have to make: an abortion.

Except the closest place to legally get one is nine hundred miles away in New Mexico — and Veronica doesn’t have a car. Desperate, she turns to the only person who won’t judge her: Bailey Butler, Jefferson High’s own little black cloud of anger and snark — and Veronica’s ex-best friend.

The plan is straightforward: a thirty-hour drive to the clinic and back. What could go wrong? Not much, apart from stolen cars, a crazed ex-boyfriend, truck-stop strippers with pro-life agendas, ferret kidnapping, and aliens. Plus the pain of a broken friendship that can’t be outrun, even when speeding down a highway. Soon Veronica must risk everything to repair the hurt she’s caused. Under the starlit skies of the Southwest, Veronica and Bailey discover the road to adulthood isn’t easy — but it’s better with a friend by your side.