The Things a Boy Should Know

Colt Walker knows how to fill a stadium.He doesn't know how to be the father his son needs.For years, life on the road has made it easy to convince himself he's doing his best. Present when he can be. Providing what he can. Loving his son the only way he knows how.But when eight-year-old Max is diagnosed with cancer, doing his best no longer feels like enough.Dr. Emery Blake has spent her career helping families navigate the unimaginable. As a pediatric oncologist, she's learned how to carry hope and heartbreak at the same time. What she doesn't expect is the quiet, steady boy who somehow sees straight through her carefully guarded walls.As Max draws them together, fishing trips become life lessons, backyard bonfires become family traditions, and a secret handshake becomes a promise that some people belong to each other long before they realize it.What begins as friendship becomes something deeper. Not by blood. By choice. By showing up, again and again, until showing up becomes who they are.But some of life's most important lessons arrive when we have the least time to learn them.Heartfelt, hopeful, and unforgettable, The Things a Boy Should Know is a moving story about found family, enduring love, and the extraordinary people who teach us how to stay, how to let go, and how to carry each other's light through the darkest seasons of life. Read more