Legalizing weed doesn't mean that living on a secret, family-run grow-op is easy, especially when your new girlfriend turns out to be the daughter of a cop.

Isaac loves art class, drives an old pickup, argues with his father and hangs out with his best buddy, Hazel. But his life is anything but normal. His parents operate an illegal marijuana grow-op, Hazel is a bear that guards the property, and his family's livelihood is a deep secret.

It's no time to fall in love with the daughter of a cop.

Isaac's girlfriend Sam is unpredictable, ambitious and needy. And as his final year of high school comes to an end, she makes him consider a new kind of life pursuing his interest in art, even if that means leaving behind his beloved home in the Rockies and severing all ties with his family.

For a while he hopes he can have it all, until a disastrous graduation night, when Sam's desperate grab for her father's attention suddenly puts his entire family at risk.

Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.6
Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Groundwood Books
Published: 09/01/2017
ISBN: 9781554989447
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.90w x 0.80d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2017
School Library Journal 09/01/2017
Booklist 09/01/2017 pg. 104
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2017 - Recommended - Readable
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2018 pg. 149 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw