Coleâs small town is a trap heâs determined to escape in this fresh and moving debut novel that balances loss with humor.
Ever since his mom died, Cole just feels stuck. His dad acts like a stranger, and Lauren, his picture-perfect girlfriend of two years, doesnât understand him anymore. He canât ditch his dad, so Cole breaks up with Lauren. She doesnât take the news very well, and Coleâs best friend wonât get off his case about it.
Now more than ever, Cole wants to graduate and leave his small, suffocating town. And everything is going according to planâuntil Cole discovers the one secret that could keep him thereâŠforever.