"Hatred combined with lies and secrets can break the world." Grandpa Zach used to say that before he died, but Stuey never really knew what he meant. But then one day, after Stuey and his best friend, Elly Rose, spend countless afternoons in the middle of the woods, something unbelievable happens. As Stuey and Elly Rose struggle to come to grips with their lives after that moment, all the things Grandpa Zach used to say start to make a lot more sense.