Charlie Rascal accidentally exposes Aubrey's deepest secret: That he is profoundly deaf and blind in one eye. Now Charlie has a lot of making up to do.
Since the time of his near fatal crash four years ago, Aubrey Keats keeps his internal struggle as quiet as the world around him. After being paired with Charlie, he is forced to adjust and readjust the walls he has built around himself.
With only poetry and empathy to guide Charlie closer to his deeply misunderstood classmate, he learns about this dark world in which Aubrey is forced to live.
And now, all he wants to do is make it a little brighter.