Title: Wet Matches
Description: 'Wet Matches: A Novel' is an award-winning inspiring story about five homeless teens in rural Virginia getting a second chance at a better life when a young couple on a high school reunion trip takes them on a cross-country journey to their new home in sunny California.
Subjects: homeless teens, wet matches, teen runaways, hiv, social issues, at risk youths, Children's fiction, Homelessness, fiction, Friendship, fiction
Places: Shallow Creek, Virginia, Seaside, California
People: Crystal, Jack, Jalan, Micky, Shelly, Josie, Robbie, Cole
Time periods: Set in the year 2000, celebrating a 1985 High School Reunion in rural Virginia