(Hardback)

Sofie, sixteen, lives alone with her father, a Scottish fisherman, on New Hampshire's coast and isn't prepared for the return of her pregnant mother--a Cambodian immigrant--or for the forbidden relationship she's begun with a young Army medic back from Afghanistan.

(Hardback)

Nico is joining the Army to see the world. His younger brother, Luis, begins a mural on the alleyway wall to try to convince Nico to stay. But in Nico's absence, Luis's world expands along with the mural in their bustling Dominican neighborhood.