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Liam is a fourteen-year-old graffiti artist living in project housing in Minneapolis with his single mother and two younger siblings.

When Liams estranged older brother coerces him to tag a graffiti symbol for a rival gang, Liams life is threatened.

Due to his apathetic attitude in the classroom and on the baseball field, Liams private-school scholarship is also threatened.

His mother decides to send him to Lake Michigan for the summer to live with her best friend, Kat, a sculptor and art teacher, Liam soon delves into the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Pablo Picasso, and his own personal aesthetics.

Hes encouraged to consider his art seriously and how it might contribute to a greater community.

Having to decide between staying with Kat and returning home to his siblings who need him, Liams story inspires him to reinvent himself for the better.