The Flipside

Dante Kordell's most impactful high school years are divided into two-The Before and The After.

In The Before, junior year, Dante's world revolves around Franklin and Quiggly Dovecote, a sibling pair who are as constant as they are contrasting. Those days consisted of ice cream after classes, helping Quiggly manage her dyslexia, and bailing out Frank-the ever-responsible student government president-on his endless council projects. The trio perfectly orbited around each other-until they didn't.

The After, his senior year, Dante finds himself placed right back into the middle of the Dovecotes, forcing them to confront their fractured friendship and how each individual has been impacted. A darkness emits from Quiggly's room, where she has withdrawn from everyone, turning herself into a shut-in. Meanwhile, Dante sorts through his own problems at home, involving his mom's parasitic boyfriend, Calvin.

Past bleeds into the present, Dante and the Dovecotes navigate the mending of their friendship, and the Dovecotes' dynamic has shown itself to be even more complex than Dante originally believed it to be.