Writer Stacia Tolman worked for many years as a high school English teacher at a private school in New Hampshire’s Monadnock region. Now, she’s drawn on her observations of high school social dynamics to write her debut young adult novel, The Spaces Between Us . The story centers on the relationship between Serena Velasco and Melody Grimshaw, high school students and best friends with a common goal: to escape their dull, lifeless hometown in rural New York. Serena is from a middle-class family,