When thirteen-year-old Charlie meets River, the new French boy at school, everything changes. River is everything he isn’t—and he can’t understand why his heart won’t behave. As the son of a pastor, he’s always believed that certain feelings are wrong. But how do you silence thoughts that won’t let you go? Together, they shared one unforgettable autumn. Two boys, bound by something pure and fleeting, that would not last forever—but for now, it was theirs. When tragedy strikes, Charlie must learn that love, like River’s music, only truly sings when you listen to what it wants to say.