One friend can make all the difference . . . Charlotte Lockard and Ben Boxer are separated by more than a thousand miles. On the surface, their lives seem vastly different - Charlotte lives near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, while Ben is in the small town of Lanester, Louisiana. Charlotte wants to be a geologist and keeps a rock collection in her room. Ben is obsessed with Harry Potter, presidential history, and recycling. But the two have more in common than they think. They both sit alone at lunch. They're both trying to figure out how to survive middle school and heartbreak at home. And they both love online Scrabble - a game they play together as their lives intersect in unexpected ways.