She also meets Annika who is now an actress but who is a small town girl from Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Kitsy also meets Tad who is a native New Yorker and who is in a band along with Rider, another person Kitsy knew from home. Before she left town, Corrinne encouraged Kitsy to star away from Iona but Kitsy does her own judging of people. Kitsy makes friends with a couple of the kids in her art class including Iona and Ford. She will be living with the parents of her best friend Corrinne even though Corrinne will be away working as a camp counselor.We get to experience Kitsy's culture shock as she learns her way around New York. And Kitsy is also an artist who has the wonderful opportunity to attend a month-long summer class at Parsons in New York City. They have have been dating since they were both in sixth grade. She is also captain of the cheerleading team and the girlfriend of the quarterback. She has long been the parent in their relationship. Her mom smokes and drinks too much and leaves the responsibility for her little brother Kiki to Kitsy. Kitsy Kidd is from a small town in Texas. A LONG WAY FROM YOU was a story with heart and has a main character I fell in love with. I don't read many young adult contemporaries but, if this is what is out there, I really need to start.
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