Minnesota, 1997.

In the wilderness of the Boundary Waters, Kieran Lindstrom-seventeen and deaf-has always believed he’s too different to be loved. After what could have been the worst night of his life, Ryan Sullivan appears-and what begins as an act of kindness becomes something neither of them expected. In the aftermath, they’ll discover that...

Jason Reynolds has learned to make himself small.

In Connersville, Indiana, 1989, that’s how you survive when you’re different. Keep your head down. Don’t attract attention. Especially don’t talk about the dreams—two boys from another time, meeting in secret by lantern light, loving each other in a world that would destroy them for it.

Then Jason...

David Harmon has perfected the art of appearing whole while feeling empty. As a successful film executive in Los Angeles, he’s built an enviable life of professional respect and material comfort, yet exists at a careful distance from meaningful connection: functional but never vulnerable, respected but profoundly alone.

When he spots a homeless...