Chapter One: An Eventful Begining

Racetrack Higgins has lived a fairly normal life for a New York newsboy.
That is until Jack brings home a new kid.
Danny Glaspy.
Danny or Stut as the boys start calling him after his selective mutism and speech impediment, is full of secrets.
One of them being that Her real name, is Diem and she's isn't a boy at all.
As time goes on will Race be able to find out who she really is? Can Diem make it through the challenges life keeps throwing at her and preserve her identity? Only time will tell