| 1 |:| Death as a Beginning |

Young Iris Daniels struggles through an emotional senior year but finds comfort and companionship in Cassidy, an unlikely substitute for her dear recently deceased neighbor, Mrs. McDowell. Underneath Cassidy's witty charm, unparalleled genius, musical talent and luminous sea green eyes, he harbors a dark truth. A truth that Iris knows all too well: eventually death claims us all.