While facing disturbing revelations about the cause of her disability, a high school junior with cerebral palsy is on the verge of giving up on herself until she learns that her childhood crush has moved back into town.
Rather than be placed in a special school for psychologically-challenged students, Dylan, six months from turning eighteen, sets out on the Appalachian Trail, where he makes surprising connections with other hikers.
Allie is devastated when her sister Leah commits suicide-and not just because she misses her. The two teens made a suicide pact so that they'd always be together, and Allie can't understand why she was left behind. Drugs seem to be the only thing that help Allie with her grief, and it just so happens that her dealer might be the only one who knows why Leah did what she did. As Allie struggles to uncover the truth, she must come to terms with the fact that she wasn't as close to her sister as she thought...and that some secrets are best left buried.
