After too many gruesome foster homes, Noah is rescued by his grandmother who is kind and compassionate and funny. She has recently retired as Copperville’s only doctor. He struggles to please her. But Noah is Noah. Even after many middle schoolers warn him of the notorious CAMP BERRA, he remains the rebel. So he is kidnapped and sent to the camp. He has not been a smart aleck, or a baseball player who tosses his batting helmet after a strikeout, or like Tomas, a rival for Juliet’s affection, who was told by her mother to stay away from her daughter. But because he protected his best friend, Lyle. Throughout their long time together, they played off each other like two zany Monty Python characters. Now they must find their humor in being forced to tend fields of opium poppies. But the struggle to survive is real, and they must fight to remain who they are.