Dust, summer, and Benny rodriguez

Some summers change you.
Others teach you who you are.

When Blakely is forced to move to California, she isn't chasing sunshine or fresh starts-she's leaving behind everything familiar. Across the street from her new house is a dusty baseball field, a loud group of boys, and Benny Rodriguez-the kind of boy who runs like the world is cheering him on and leads without ever asking to be followed.

Blakely skates as hard as she lives, plays baseball like she belongs there, and doesn't back down from anyone-especially when it comes to protecting the people she loves. Loud, witty, and unapologetically herself, she finds an unexpected place among the boys of the Sandlot, where scraped knees, shared laughs, and golden sunsets turn strangers into family.

And then there's Benny.

What starts as friendship-late afternoons on skateboards, baseball games that stretch into dusk, and quiet moments across the street-slowly becomes something deeper. Something neither of them planned for. Something fragile and terrifying and real.

Set against the hum of summer heat, spinning skateboard wheels, and clouds of infield dust, Dust, Summer, and Benny Rodriguez is a coming-of-age romance about finding home in unexpected places, loving fiercely, and learning that sometimes the best things in life happen when you stop running-and let the summer catch you.