It's been a rough year for Alex Collins. In the past twelve months, he's
lost his best friend, become the target of the two biggest bullies at
school, and been sentenced to community service. But on June 25, 2013,
he gets a call for help from Cassie Ramirez, the prettiest girl in
school. At last, he feels like his luck might be changing. Cassie is at
the Texas State Capitol to protest Wendy Davis's historic filibuster of
the abortion bill HB2, and she's rallying everyone she knows to join
her. Until today, Alex didn't know what a filibuster was, and he'd never
given a moment's thought to how he felt about abortion. But at the
Capitol, he finds himself in the middle of a tense scene full of
pro-life "blueshirts," pro-choice "orangeshirts," and blustering
politicians playing political games as Wendy Davis tries to run out the
clock at midnight. Alex may have entered the Capitol looking to spend
time with Cassie, but the political gets personal when he runs into his
ex-friend Shireen in an orange T-shirt and quickly realizes that when it
comes to an issue like abortion, neutral isn't an option. Over the next
nineteen hours--as things get increasingly heated both on the Senate
floor and between the two sets of protesters--Alex will struggle to
figure out what side he's on, knowing that whatever choice he makes will
bring him face-to-face with his past mistakes.
