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Blood trumps friendship... once it's been spilled. It's 1968: Billy McCaskill’s nearly sixteen, growing up in Rhode Island, and enjoying an idyllic summer in a year of national turmoil.

Inseparable from his best friend Paulie, the two embark on a clandestine camp-out on private property reserved for their Boy Braves troop. But they soon stumble upon a corpse – and they recognize who it is. Billy realizes the only people who know about the place are a handful of troop committee men – including both their fathers. More damning, he finds evidence near the shallow grave that could point to his father’s involvement – a discovery he conceals from Paulie.

Now, somehow, he must save his family by finding the truth himself – before the police do.