Eleven-year-old Kaden has managed to stay under the radar for most of his life. With the exception of Kubla, a pet crow, Kaden doesnt have any friends his own age and hes okay with that. After all, friends can ask inconvenient questions. Questions like Why do you live with your grandmother and where is your father? Questions Kaden doesnt want to answer. Apart from school and a few trips to town, Kaden and Gram keep to themselves, living a simple life at their cabins outside the small community of Promise. But now Kadens life is getting a lot more complicated. Hes starting middle school, which brings its own set of problems for a boy who doesnt fit in. And then he learns that his father, a man he has never known, is getting out of prison and moving to Promise.
