Aubrey and Joel are like two tomato vines that grew along the same crooked fence: weird, yet the same kind of weird. But lately, even their shared weirdness seems weird. Then Joel disappears. Vanishes. Poof. The whole town is looking for him, and Aubrey was the last person to see Joel. Aubrey can't say much, but since lies of omission are still lies, here's what they know for sure:

• For the last two weeks of the school year, when sixth grade became too much, Aubrey and Joel have been building a raft in the woods.
• The raft was supposed to be just another part of their running away game.
• The raft is gone now too.