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In which a mute boy learns to speak up for himself and a deaf boy learns to listen.
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Elijah lives in the fictional town of Acadia Bay, California, where he convinces his mute neighbor friend, Theo, to take him on a road trip out. (Nowhere specific. Just out.) Because Theo is a doormat and probably the only person in Acadia Bay with an actual car, he agrees: just not right away.
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