All Rico Danger wanted when she was in 2nd grade was to go to Space Camp. It took until she was in high school to realize that was probably never going to happen. Now she's seventeen, trying to finish high school and working full time at the Gas n' Go to help her family make ends meet. When she sells two mega-million lotto tickets to an elderly woman who lets her have one of the tickets, she feels hope for the first time.
Of course, the ticket Rico picks is not the big winner, but maybe the elderly woman has the winner and might share a little with Rico. Now the problem is finding the little lady before time expires to cash in the ticket.
Because the winning ticket was sold at Gas n' Go, Rico's boss gives her a $5000 bonus. That will come in handy for emergencies so she squirrels it away in her mattress. In the meantime she still wants to locate the lady to see if her ticket is the winner. With the help of Alexander "Zan" Macklin one of the popular, pretty people at her high school, Rico is hoping to hack the store's video surveillance system to identify the elderly woman. What Rico isn't planning for is making a real connection with Zan that has her thinking about more than lotto tickets and money.
Author Nic Stone known her hit DEAR MARTIN, writes about what is it like to struggle. Rico's life is so filled with needs that she loses sight of some of the most important things like friendship and love. Rico is a feisty character guaranteed to have readers rooting for her and her plight.
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