After a traumatic experience in her hometown of Miami, Elena Flores moves away to live with the father she's never met. It's not easy starting a new school in the middle of October, so when her half sister invites her to a party, she thinks "what's the worst that could happen?" Elena must learn to navigate her new life in the wealthy suburbs of Long Island and try to build relationships, but that's hard to do when she doesn't know who to trust and she can't let go of her anger and sadness. Woodview Stories is a Young Adult contemporary fiction book series. It tells the coming of age tales of a diverse group of teens living in the affluent Long Island neighborhood of Woodview. The overarching story progresses through the books chronologically with each installment switching narrator to focus on a different person's point of view.