Second Chance — Joan Oppenheimer

When Heidi's mother decides to send her off to California to live with her father and stepmother, Heidi is excited and scared! This is her chance to start over, to leave behind the failing grades, the bad crowd she hung around with, all the trouble she's been in. Can Heidi really handle it?

She needs lots of tutoring. She'll have to make new friends â€" nice friends. And her father is so strict. Heidi has never faced anything this difficult. Then she meets Zach and right away she knows he's special. She also knows he's trouble â€" like her old friends. Should Heidi just walk away from him. She doesn't want to spoil her second chance.