KIDS OF APPETITE

In the Hackensack Police Department, Vic Benucci is being questioned in interrogation room #3. Mad, the Stoic Beauty with an intoxicating punk cut, is in room #2. They're both explaining how they found themselves wrapped up in a grisly murder. But in order to tell that story, they have to go way back . . . It all started when Vic's dad died. Vic has a rare neurological disorder--characterized by facial paralysis--which makes it hard for him to relate to others, as he can appear affectless and unfriendly. His dad was his best friend, and Vic is finding it difficult to cope. But then he falls in with a mysterious and alluring band of kids that wanders his New Jersey neighborhood, and along with his newfound friendship comes the courage to open his father's urn, the discovery of the message inside, and the epic journey it sparks.