Kathryn Berla has captured not only the quandary that some teenagers find themselves in. Hudson is one of the many teenagers out there who do not want to take the next step to college whether because they do not like school or what they want to do for a living a college diploma is not necessary. Going Places also covers what happens to the families of the military people who have been killed in action. Feeling lost in the world, but most importantly feeling lost in his own family when his role had to change when he had to grow up too soon after he had to take care of himself when his mother had a rough time after the death of her husband. So many people in school go through so many different versions of themselves through the years that they are in school and this book delivers that perfectly.