15-year-old Erik Morris is beginning his freshman year of high school at The Ducharme School: a specialty school, following being held back the previous year due to struggles with learning disabilities. Despite initially feeling entirely alone, Erik stumbles across deaf classmate, Leo Soluri, who he quickly begins to feel close to--despite their language barriers--forming a connection like he has never before experienced.

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