12 Strokes of Midnight

One summer trip - two weeks with just his older brother, his mom and his dad where they could be together having fun and being normal. That was all Ray wanted and what he was promised. He made a deal, a verbal contract. As long as he made it into the top private prep high school, than he could go on vacation and choose to go to whatever summer camp he wanted afterwords. That was more freedom than Ray had ever had in his nine years. But his parents didn't keep up their end of the deal so Ray ended his by throwing pudding all over his new principal. Now he's facing a summer of boredom in Naples, Florida with his grandparents. What's worse than controlling adults is boring, controlling adults! He just wants his life to be his own, where he can go off on great adventures. One night he finds that his dream has come true! Except it isn't a dream. He has 12 days to decide if he wants to stay on his adventure or return to the life he desperately wanted to escape. By the twelfth stroke of midnight on the twelfth night, Rays' life will change forever.