
Talk Like Appu
by Hyma

Shy, awkward, and convinced he’s unlucky, nineteen year old Connor Carson believes he was the cause of Theo Shortt’s drowning five years previously. When he gets a job helping the local mechanic, Connor decides to sit by the lake at lunchtimes, so he doesn’t have to talk to anyone. But that’s where Theo’s mother, Leonora Shortt, swims every day with Theo’s dog, Bernstein. Bernstein and Connor find each other and a whole new chapter in Connor’s life opens up.