At nineteen, Hutchinson was struggling to find the vocabulary to understand and accept who he was and how he fit into a community in which he couldn't see himself. Convinced that he couldn't keep going, that he had no future, Hutchinson followed through on trying to make that a reality--an attempted suicide. Over time, he came to embrace life, and to find self-acceptance. In his deeply honest memoir, he takes readers through the journey of what brought...

"Fourteen-year-old foster kid Tamika finds herself on the edge of the Missouri river in the grips of depression. A stray rock and some quick thinking puts her in the company of a young couple on a source-to-sea kayaking trip down the river. When the group faces the dangers of the river, Tamika must decide if she has the strength to fight for her own life" --