❞ From the outside, Jordan˝s life looks perfect. He hangs out with the ˝rich white kids˝; rows on the crew team, has a cool mom, applied early to an East Coast college. But Jordan˝s drug-addicted father died last year, leaving Jordan reeling with grief and anger that makes his life feel anything but perfect-and his future suddenly seem uncertain . ❝

❞ Autumn was ten when her father abandoned her family; since then she˝s been helping her mother raise her two little brothers and keep food on the table-while keeping her grades up so she can go to college. Her faith in God gives Autumn strength, but who will give her the money she needs when she˝s offered the opportunity of a lifetime؟ . ❝