In Nowhere, Arizona, a thirteen-year-old boy named Gus gets bullied by Bo Taylor. One day, Rossi Scott loses her dirt bike to Bo while standing up for Gus. To get it back, Rossi insists that Gus has to search for gold in the dangerous Dead Frenchman Mine. Along with a small, disjointed band of peers, Gus and Rossi spend the next twenty-four hours bonding over shared turmoil in Nowhere and realizing this quest might be their ticket out.
General Note
Includes discussion questions and excerpt from: Insignificant events in the life of a cactus.