A Life Worth Living — Pnina Baim

There are some girls who have their whole lives planned by eighteen. Gaby Kupfer is not one of them. She's the type of girl who moves six thousand miles across the world, leaving behind half a boyfriend, one good friend, and a summer paycheck that went directly to her mother. In Israel, instead of a land resplendent with milk and honey, she finds a country quite similar to America, filled with disappointing starts and abrupt endings. But then, in the most unlikely of places, Gaby finds something she's been looking for her whole life.