• Two teens meet and begin dating, then find out their parents are bitter rivals in a lawsuit that is consuming their small town.
• Explores the relationship between environmentalists and the community as a group seeking to prevent logging in the area works out a compromise with a local mill owner.
• A contemporary retelling of Romeo and Juliet for young adults — without the blood, sex, or tragic ending — and targets readers who are beginning to read Shakespeare’s plays in school.
• Eric Walters is the author of numerous award-winning and bestselling books for children and young adults, and is a Member of the Order of Canada.
• This is Eric Walters’ second reimagined classic. (The first was Sam, spring 2025.)