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Dave Wade – Mclean's neighbor and later boyfriend, a "boy genius who skipped, like, all of junior high and was taking college courses".

Mclean is a senior in high school and is still grieving over her parents' divorce.

Mclean Sweet – The protagonist of the story.

Mclean moves into Opal's spare room and finishes her senior year at Jackson High.

Mclean prepares to move back to Tyler with her mother, but Katherine decides she can't take her daughter away from Lakeview and all of her friends. Two weeks later, Mclean and her friends have finished the model, and Gus has officially been assigned to the project in Hawaii.

When Mclean returns to Lakeview, she finds out her father is dating Opal and Luna Blu is officially closing. They realize how hard the divorce is for her and apologize. When Mclean's parents find her at the Poseidon, she tells them about the different personas she has taken on. Confused and in need of a companion, Mclean calls her "two a.m.," the person she knows she can always rely on no matter what: her friend Dave Wade. Mclean decides to leave her mom's house to go to the Poseidon, an old, worn out motel where she and Katherine stayed on one of their spontaneous beach trips. While she is in Colby, Mclean overhears Katherine telling a friend that she thinks that it was a mistake inviting Mclean to come to the beach. Mclean goes to the small beach town of Colby with her mother Katherine. While she is trying to cope with the ideas of moving for a fifth time, Mclean's new friends find the various social media profiles she has created for her different personas. Mclean and her new friends help Opal construct a model of the town and develops an attraction to her neighbor Dave Wade.Īfter living in Lakeview for a few months, Mclean discovers that Gus has another job offer in Hawaii. In Lakeview, despite her best efforts, Mclean finds herself revealing her true personality, opening up to new people and new experiences. Gus is there to turn around a struggling Italian restaurant, Luna Blu, managed by the headstrong Opal, who has worked there since she was a teenager.Īs a way of preventing herself from forming attachments, Mclean takes on a different name and persona with each move. Seventeen-year-old Mclean Sweet and her father, restaurant consultant Gus Sweet, have just moved to Lakeview, their fourth move in two years. It received mainly positive critical reception. The book was released on May 10, 2011, by Viking. The book chronicles the life of a teenage girl, Mclean, and her journey of self-discovery. What Happened to Goodbye is a young adult novel by Sarah Dessen.