内容简介：
Twelve-year-old Brock Statler lives in northern Ontario, Canada. Brock is overwhelmed by loneliness and feels abandoned after his parentsa divorce, his grandfatheras death, and his only friend gone for the summer holidays. A learning disability limiting self-confidence requires a major boost for Brockas challenge to survive the summer alone. Brockas decision to transform into a confident, risk-taking, adventurous person becomes a challenge of a lifetime when he befriends a class troublemaker. Justin Galley leads Brock into a nightmare of crime and punishment. A friendship develops with a senior citizen through Brockas sentencing, and he reconnects with his deceased grandfather. Brock finds true friendship, which fills his grandfatheras loss, and his learning skills improve. A horrifying summer results in a growth in maturity, learning lessons of life, along with difficult challenges providing Brock with experience in making life-threatening decisions.