I wondered if this book would be okay for middle school when, in chapter 2, high school student Mclean goes to a drinking party next door.  The remainder of the book was fine, minus a few cuss words sprinkled in.

“What Happened to Goodbye” stars Mclean, a seventeen-year old product of a divorced family.  Since her parents split, Mclean has been shuffled around a lot, never staying at one school long enough to make any strong connections.  In each place that she has lived, she has taken on a different name –Eliza, Beth, Lizbet — each with a different persona.  At last “Mclean” is making real friends, and finding out who she really is.

Dessen writes with realistic dialog and tough real-life situations.