Nikolaï was \,abandoned at birth and has ;*`bee
.n in] foster care
(/ ever since. Alth/-ou*$gh a family would like [\*to give the [
`%-sixteen-year-old b
[o:_y a ho me, he decides ^to^ = =/]*make on :;e him$s=elf!. He mee^\t,s C[,,am[
ille, an int$ riguing fifteen-y e\ar-o,ld =[w- -ise` ]acre, and t.@ries to convince her to make a child together. Nikolaï is co `[nvinced that he %-!c!^an han;(d +le ):any] p[:rob# /le=#\m and: wan=?t+_s to avo$id at all cost/ @ s t.[hat an adult thwart`#s his ]
]p`($l#.ans.*.# Camille [/ and,+@ Nikolaï fl\#ee /to+gether:  fr\om ]/]the,
_ home-[ and isolat e themselves in th -e w oods)%. In the hear.t of this gl\ oomy, myst[-^eriou_ s fo@rest, (#N :ik .olaï will have-! to /:/,face his fi[rs#t f_@-e*el;!,ing+:^s #an.d l=/earn
to beco**me a man(@;. Soon,= h\*e feels that there are many ^;things he cannot contr`_.
]o:l.