Jason Reynolds is 18 years old when he goes a town over to wait for the bus that will pick him up and take him to Basic Training. He meets a girl as he waits, and they go down to the pier to talk for a while, before he asks if he can write her letters. Those letters are Jason's connection to life outside of the military...and to the girl he may fall in love with. Based of "Travelin' Solider" by the Dixie Chicks