Allusive Aftershock

A young adult novel about destruction, friendship, betrayal, and love. What happens when a major earthquake changes life as you know it, and the boy you thought you hated ends up saving you? Three times! Courtland Reese is the guy everyone hates and makes fun of because ... well, he is weird. He communicates with animals. Strange or interesting, seventeen-year-old Adela Castielle can't quite figure out, but when he saves her from being trampled by her own horse, she begins to understand him...