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Kaden lives a spartan life with his eccentric grandmother in a set of cabins outside the small town of Promise. In his eleventh year, two big changes challenge Kaden's view of the world: a new friend moves to town and Kaden's father comes home from prison. Well-developed characters add richness to this middle-grade coming-of-age story.