Music, love, friendship, and family. Matt is living the dream, until it all comes crashing down... That was then... It's the end of the summer of 1988 and Matt Corrick started his senior year off with a bang. He had the world in the palm of his hand--complete with playing lead guitar in a rock band, the perfect family, and the hot girl on the verge of being his. But this is now... When his father up and leaves, everything changes, forcing Matt to grow up a little faster than he ever intended. Suddenly, he's carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders as the life he knew and loved...

It's 1981 and Matt Corrick just finished fourth grade. Now he's leaving Ohio, McDonald's, and his grandparents home-the only home he has ever known- to join his mom and stepdad at an army base in Germany.... where he knows no one, and the local kids have already branded him public enemy number one. He bands together with the few American kids in town and gets good at hiding from German bullies. But a trip to a concentration camp exposes him to the horrors of human history and makes him realize that running from his fears isn't the solution. While deciding to stand up for yourself when you're...