Manuel struggles with PTSD after a shooting at his school, but it happened after hours so his classmates don't know that he was the only witness. He uses photography to anchor himself during anxiety attacks. Luckily, he is paired with two friendly, enthusiastic students for a group project who end up pulling him along into their Ag-club. Manuel gets to help Sebastian and Caysha raise a calf, and in this gentle animal's presence he is able to open up about some of fears. This book is gorgeously illustrated in Niki Smith's characteristic thin clean lines, with soft painterly backgrounds filling in the gold, brown, green and grey of Kansas. The fields and skies feel vast, but are the perfect setting for an intimate story of recovery.