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Jason Thorn is a filthy and unwanted 13-year-old with a bleak future. He's been pulled from school for good and is kept prisoner in the family basement with his dog when a wicked storm hits his tiny hometown of Niobrara. Already adept at enduring situations most 13-year-olds wouldn't be able to comprehend, Jason must survive the onslaught of floodwaters and devastation that has destroyed his hometown. To do so, he'll rely on three unexpected friends who will encourage him along the way.

Jason Thorn is a filthy and unwanted 13-year-old with a bleak future. He's been pulled from school for good and is kept prisoner in the family basement with his dog when a wicked storm hits his tiny hometown of Niobrara. Already adept at enduring situations most 13-year-olds wouldn't be able to comprehend, Jason must survive the onslaught of floodwaters and devastation that has destroyed his hometown. To do so, he'll rely on three unexpected friends who will encourage him along the way.

A harrowing account of survival against incredible odds, this is the story of Jason Thorn, an unwanted 13-year-old who has been pulled from school and kept prisoner with his dog in the filth and squalor of his family basement. After a wicked storm hits his tiny hometown of Niobrara, Jason must draw upon the encouragement of unexpected friends and his own adept endurance skills—the result of situations most kids his age wouldn't be able to comprehend—to stave off an onslaught of floodwaters and devastation. Loosely based on a terrible true story of child abuse that played out in the media years ago, Jason's haunting story brings to light the continuing problem of "invisible" abuse cases and the extraordinary capabilities that people can acquire in the face of continued adversity and catastrophe.