I just watched Felicity for the first time, very recently. When I found out about this book, about this character, finding Felicity and loving it so much that she pretended it was her life I had to read it.

After Caroline’s father left, she moved to a new state with her mom. She did not make new friends. Her mom kept asking and stressing. Her mom felt bad about the move. One day it was too much for Caroline and she invented fake friends. She told her mom about her friend Felicity Porter, about Elena and Julie.  She was only planning to hang onto these fictional friends until she made real friends. But Caroline never made real friends. So Caroline’s stories about her fictional friends continued until the day they exploded. When Caroline’s mother threw her an unexpected graduation party only one person shows up. Eventually the whole story came out.

Caroline’s mom is very worried. She feels like she can’t let Caroline go away to college now.
They make a deal. Caroline will see a therapist and if he agrees that it’s ok, Caroline will be allowed to go to the school that she picked.

Caroline is able to convince the therapist to let her go with a few requirements. 
Caroline is planning to try to reinvent herself in school in order to make friends. Her mom will be visiting only weeks after she starts and if Caroline hasn’t made friends, she’s coming back home.

I definitely felt bad for Caroline throughout this story but I enjoyed the book. I liked her journey to self-acceptance. Caroline grew a lot in this story.