The Boy from the Forge

Max and Del did everything together. They bought the same bikes, wore the same clothes, and competed with one another as best friends often do as sixteen-year-old high school students. As their summer together looms on the horizon, and the school year comes to an end, their friendship is tested when Max realizes their blue-collar upbringing in New Athens leads to a life of limitations he didn’t imagine. His only escape from his hometown is in his true feelings for Annika, who Del is also interested in. To prevent ruining their friendship, Max forms a simple plan: To find any way to break free from his working class destiny for something greater than what’s in Milltown.