"Seventeen-year-old Corazon Tagubio is an outcast at her Catholic school. She's attending on scholarship, she mostly hangs out on her own--and her crush on her teacher Ms. Holden doesn't help anything. At home, Cory's less-than-perfect grades and mediocre college prospects disappoint her mom and dad, who are already working overtime to support her distant half-brother in the Philippines. When an accident leaves her dad comatose, Cory feels like Ms. Holden is the only person who really sees her. But when a crush turns into something more and the secret gets out, Cory is sent to her relatives in Manila. She's not prepared to face these strangers in an unfamiliar country, but she begins to discover how her family and their homeland have shaped her past and how they might changer her future."--jacket.
Reeling from her father's coma and kissing a female teacher, seventeen-year-old Corazon suddenly finds herself in the Philippines with a half-brother she had never met.