This coming-of-age story follows 18-year-old Adrian Carter as he graduates from high school and confronts difficult decisions about his future, all while dealing with the stress and pressure he feels to please those closest to him. As Adrian navigates the emotional highs and lows of the summer between graduation and his post-secondary future, he gains awareness of the way his Blackness impacts the way he moves through majority-white spaces and negotiates the difficulties of forging a path in life against others’ expectations. Despite his wish to follow his longtime girlfriend Mel on her cross-country trip and find common ground with his emotionally distant father, Adrian comes to understand that his own passion is grounded in a desire to support a community he’s forged on his own. Dealing with common themes (a desire for independence, identity, first love, familial tensions) from the nuanced perspective of a biracial teen, this story tackles contemporary social issues such as class difference, colorism in the Black community and the structural barriers limiting access to post-secondary education for Black youth.