Story of a Girl-Sara Zarr

This book definitely fits into the realistic fiction category and has a message to young girls.  It is all about this girl that falls for her older brother's friend at 13.  The older brother's friend has a physical relationship with her for a while, making her feel pretty and wanted, until her dad catches them in a compromising position and everyone in school hears about it.  Deanna becomes an outcast, at school and at home.  Her dad can barely look at her.  The book starts off several years after this disaster, as Deanna is dealing with some family issues.  She wants desperately to move out and baby sit for her brother and his wife, who are currently living in her parents' basement.  She watches them struggle to find their way in their relationship, realizes that they have to go out on their own, and deals with the fact that her dad still doesn't trust her.  Her best friends are a couple, and she has some jealousy issues there.  She is trully just trying to find her place.  Which happens to be working at a pizza resturaunt with the boy from the backseat of the car.  This book is a good read for young ladies that are reaching the age of maturity, perhaps eighth grade at the youngest.  It is also written at about the eighth or ninth grade level.