Summary

Noah - Local tenth-grade bullies Zephyr and Fry corner 13-year-old Noah, who is gay and loves art. Zephyr tells Fry not to rip up Noah’s drawings of nude men, because Noah’s twin sister, Jude, says they’re good. They decide not to beat up Noah, and go surfing instead. Noah thinks it is all because Zephyr has feelings for Jude. Jude and Noah live in Lost Cove, on the coast of California.

Noah and Jude’s parents, Benjamin and Dianna, are opposites: Benjamin is a science professor who is very rational, and Dianna is an art professor who is very emotional and intuitive. She believes she has communed with her dead mother-in-law, Grandma Sweetwine, who believes Noah and Jude should attend a fine arts high school, California School of the Arts. Benjamin is unconvinced. While Dianna convinces Benjamin about art school...