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When Adrian, a 17-year-old boy living in Alabama, hands his report card to his strict father, everything changes. One C in physics is all it takes for his father to decide that Adrian needs discipline-and summer school becomes his punishment.
What Adrian expects to be a miserable summer turns into something far more complicated. At summer school, he meets Jake and a small group of friends who don't judge him no matter what, don't push him to be someone else, and actually enjoy having him around. For the first time, Adrian feels accepted-not just for what he does, but for who he is, including his sexuality. And Jake makes those feelings impossible to ignore.
Over the course of the summer, the story explores Adrian's past traumas, his best memories, and the parts of himself he's been forced to suppress under his father's control. What starts as punishment slowly becomes a turning point, as Adrian learns what freedom, friendship, and first love really feel like.