Contemporary Fiction

12-year-old Sebastien, with $35 and a one-way ticket to Altoona, Pennsylvania, must cross the country – alone, without a clue how to fend for himself. An ex-con named Marcus, takes the boy under his wing in an unforgettable trek.

The unlikely pair lurch from one misadventure to another, tumbling toward an elusive understanding of where and how, in a troubling world, to look for light.