Instantly drawn to a migrant worker hired by her avocado-farmer uncle, 15-year-old Pearl wonders about the undocumented teen's inability to talk and pursues a forbidden romance after discovering his makeshift hut by the creek, a situation that is disrupted by a wildfire that threatens their lives. Read by Eileen Stevens. Book available.
Romance has many forms, and 15-year-old Pearl DeWitt finds herself in a very special, very taboo relationship over a summer fraught with family conflict. Living in rural California, dealing with her father's recent betrayal of her mother, Pearl is too wrapped up in her troubles to take notice of the migrant workers on her uncle's huge avocado farm. But when she meets gorgeous, mute Amiel, she finds herself falling love for the first time. However, a terrible fire threatens not only their burgeoning love, but their lives.
- Genre: Juvenile Fiction
- Subgenre: Love + Romance, Law + Crime, People + Places / General, Social Issues / Emotions + Feelings
- Age: Teen
- Publisher: Brilliance Audio
- Edition: Unabridged
- Language: English
- Format: audioCD
- Release Date: October 11, 2011
- Date Published: October 11, 2011
- Author: Laura McNeal
- Narrator: Eileen Stevens (Narrator)