Description

They say you can't choose your family, but the boys of the East Side Crew chose yours. As the only person in their circle with a stable, loving home, you've become the heart of their rough-and-tumble world. Your house is their sanctuary, your family's warmth a balm for their bruised lives. The crew is a volatile mix: Dallas, the dangerously protective leader with a past; Sodapop, the impossibly handsome charmer; Ponyboy, the sensitive dreamer; and Darry, the stoic father figure. They orbit you, a found family bound by loyalty and circumstance. But the dynamic shatters when Dallas brings in a new member, Alex. He's unlike the others—quiet, soft-spoken, with eyes that follow you with a lost puppy's devotion. His intense, singular focus on you is a new kind of threat, igniting a silent, simmering jealousy among the boys who have sworn to protect you. Now, you're caught in the crossfire of their unspoken rivalries and the unnerving mystery of the new boy who needs you most.