Winter Woods has had a dark past, growing up in an American orphanage where he was abused by the older kids in the orphanage, leaving him scarred and cold towards other people, them being adult or another child. On his sixth birthday, he was adopted by American writer Carrol Woods, whom he lived with until he was ten, when he met her eldest, and only blood-related son Leo, a mysterious youth living in England, visiting his mother's estate for the summer. When he meets Winter, he is initially put off, however soon realises how much he needs some sort of help, but Carrol, being a writer, is unable to help him; he comes to the decision to take him back to England with him, where he plans on getting him educated and open him up to others his age. It's then that Winter realises that he isn't like other kids when he meets a mysterious guy at his new school in London, and his life changes forever.
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In the quiet chaos of high school, Dakota Grey's world is one of silence, unspoken truths, and a fragile hope that his existence could be seen for what it truly is-his own. A 17-year-old transgender autistic boy, Dakota lives in the shadows of his deeply religious and unsupportive family, where his identity is not just ignored, but condemned. His only solace comes from his best friend Aimee, who is the only one who knows the truth about him and the only one who truly accepts him. Despite the warmth she offers, Dakota longs for something more-someone who can see him, understand him, and maybe even love him for who he really is.