Classmates but virtual strangers, Caroline and Anthony have more in common than they know. A Homebound due to illness, Caroline is something of a loner. When popular student Anthony arrives to work on a school project about Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, she is less than thrilled. But, as the poetry project progresses, Caroline finds herself opening up in ways she never imagined possible, and the two discover a deeper mystery has brought them together.