In one day, four lives weave together in unexpected ways. Virgil Salinas is shy and kindhearted and feels out of place in his crazy-about-sports family. Valencia Somerset, who is deaf, smart, brave, and secretly lonely, loves everything about nature. Kaori Tanaka is a self-proclaimed psychic whose little sister, Gen, is always following her around. And Chet Bullens wishes the weird kids would just stop being so different so he can concentrate on basketball.

They aren’t friends...until Chet pulls a prank that traps Virgil in a well, and Kaori, Gen, and Valencia set off on an epic quest to find him. Through luck, smarts, bravery, and a little help from the universe, a rescue is performed, a bully is put in his place, and friendship finally blooms.

The acclaimed author of Blackbird Fly and The Land of Forgotten Girls offers a humorous, irresistibly poignant neighborhood story about unexpected alliances and the friendships that can result from them.