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Twelve-year-old Ave Rendon Chavez, who is nonbinary, is determined to dislike Lawrence, Kansas, where their mother and nine-year-old brother Ramón have moved so their mother can work at the university. Behind in Mexicali, Mexico are their father and older sister, Cruz. The language and culture is so very different, and Ave feels completely lost and homesick. Things get even worse once Ave learns the truth about their parents' future plans. While exploring the city and running from one place to another, Ave finds some peace of mind, and they eventually are embraced by a new friend group who love running as well. The differences between Ave and Ramon and how they deal with this unfamiliar world are striking, and even though it's clear that Ave could make more of an effort, it's also true that fears about losing one's culture and leaving others behind are quite real. Topics of identity, cultural assimilation, and displacement as well as what makes a place a home are explored powerfully in this graphic novel. There are some places where transition or some sort of marker indicating a flashback would have been helpful since some of the shifts back and forth in time between past and present are jarring and disorienting.