Two kids, two worlds.  One unexpected friendship.  Cody is a smart kid - a survivor with a great sense of humor.  But Cody’s home life is a messy too-often terrifying story of neglect and abuse.  Autumn is from a wealthy Indigenous family, and has found herself suddenly in with the poplar crowd, even though it’s hard for her to want to keep up.

One night, while on her way to meet her friends, Autumn comes across Cody face-down in the lane behind her house.  All Cody knows is that he can’t take another encounter with his father like the one he just narrowly escaped.  He can’t go home.  But he doesn’t have anywhere else to go.  When Autumn agrees to let him hide out in her dad’s art studio, Cody’s story begins to come out, and so does hers.

Infused with themes of identity, belonging, and compassion, The Other Side of Perfect is more a story that reminds us that we are all more than our circumstances, and we are all more connected than we think.