Coleās small town is a trap heās 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, doesnāt understand him anymore. He canāt ditch his dad, so Cole breaks up with Lauren. She doesnāt take the news very well, and Coleās best friend wonāt 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 planāuntil Cole discovers the one secret that could keep him thereā¦forever.