“The first time I saw Billie, she was dead. Dead as a dodo, lying at the edge of a ditch one Thursday morning on the way to school.”

Nine year old Bo has decided not to ever have a best friend again. When Billie joins Bo’s class and choose him as her friend, there’s nothing he can say about her decision. Besides, Bo finds it pretty nice to have a completely fearless friend.

But what do you do when what is fun and exciting suddenly goes a little too far?