Windfall by Jennifer E. Smith

Alice has been best friends with Teddy and Leo for the past nine years -- ever since she came to live in Chicago after her parents' deaths.  For the past four years, she's been in love with Teddy.  She's been too scared to let anyone know about this -- not even Teddy. 

Then for Teddy's 18th birthday, Alice buys him a lottery ticket that changes all of their lives.





This is a great rags to riches story that focuses more on the effects of the lottery win to the people in the winner's life than to the winner itself.  I would highly recommend this book to fans of Jennifer E. Smith, Sarah Dessen, and Morgan Matson.