"That's easy," I offer him an optimistic smile. "We're good at hightailing. We're drifters."


Alyssa Carpenter had riches one day and finds herself eating out of dumpsters the next. She always feels like she's being followed but doesn't know why.

Determined to reset the course of her luck, she takes a train ride. When she encounters a mysterious boy, it sends both their lives into a tailspin that's both better and worse all at the same time.