Chad Lowe

Through the voice of 11-year-old Reuben Land, an asthmatic boy obsessed with cowboys living in 1960s Minnesota, the story is told of the Land family's cross-country search for Reuben's outlaw older brother, who has been charged with murder.

Four friends band together against an anonymous foe who threatens to reveal their darkest secrets.

Jamie, Winston, and Amelia are three young artists struggling in East Village. But in a scheming attempt to raise funds, Jamie convinces an art collector that he owns an original and extremely rare Credeaux painting. And as the three artists come together, they construct an imitation Credeaux and an entangled affair.