Parents' Guide to Sync

Lake and her twin, Storm, have always been in SYNC. When they were little, they could tell each other things without using words and comfort each other without even touching. But after a childhood of abuse and neglect by their mother and grandmother, they've been placed in the San Francisco Bay Area foster system. Initially, they lived in the same foster homes, but they've been separated for five years now, only seeing each other once for a short and traumatizing reunion with their mother. Storm is living with his new foster father, Jim, who's kind and supportive. Storm even has a girlfriend named Jaidyn. Lake's conservative foster parents are suspicious of what she's reading and learning in school, and she can imagine their reaction if they discover that she and Parker, their other foster child, are a couple. The stability Storm has finally found with Jim is shattered when Jaidyn is raped by her ex-boyfriend and Storm beats up the rapist—for which Storm is promptly arrested and charged with felony assault. Lake's life has also been upended. After her foster mother finds Lake and Parker in bed together, Parker convinces Lake that the best thing to do is run. Parker has some street smarts, as she once lived in a car with her mother, but that's not enough to keep the girls safe or find them somewhere to sleep and something to eat. Then, just when things seem the darkest, both Storm and Lake find they may have been given life-changing second chances.