From the award-winning writer of Openly Straight, a tale about two teens falling in love over a summer that throws everything possible to keep them apart.

Maximum: Chill. Sports. Video games. Homosexual and not an issue, never to him, not to his mother, never to his buddies. And a magic formula: An encounter with an older kid that makes it hard to inhale, one which he doesn’t desire to take into account, ever.

Jordan: The contrary of chill. Poetry. His “wives” as well as the Chandler Shopping mall. Under no circumstances been kissed and looking for Mr..READING MORE on the subject of The Music of What Happens Right, who will most likely not like him in any case. And a top secret: A spiraling out of control mother, and the knowledge that he’s the only one who will keep the family members from falling apart.

Toss in a rickety, 1980s-period food truck called Coq Au Vinny. Add in prickly pears, cloud eggs, and a murky notion of what’s considered locally sourced and organic. Place it all in Mesa, Arizona, in June, where the temp regularly hits 114. And best it off with a touch of undeniable chemistry between utter opposites.

Over the course of one summer, two boys will have to face their biggest doubts and decide what they’re ready to risk — to get finished . they need the most.