Welcome to Nowhere, Arizona, the least livable town in the United States. For Gus, a bright 13-year-old with dreams of getting out and going to college, life there is made even worse by Bo Taylor, Nowhere's biggest, baddest bully. When Gus agrees to go searching for gold in Dead Frenchman Mine, he and his friends narrowly survive everything from cave-ins to mountain lions, and they bond over shared stories of how hard life in Nowhere is-- and realize this adventure just may be their way out.

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