Suddenly this Summer

Michael feels hunted, he knows that what he does is not normal. In his muddled mind, oppressed by his stepfather and bullied at school, and depressed, he has become something of a hermit. Not only that, he does horrible things to himself, punishing himself for being this creature that no one understands. Not even he understands. Then Catherine his classmate of five years sits by him on the bus and his pain is displayed. School breaks for the summer and the future looks bleak but Catherine sees his pain and understands it probably more than Michael because he is so muddled and depressed. One thing leads to another. His family is decimated. His cruel stepfather makes it essential for Michael to escape and he does, into a new World where he can at last be the person he knows he really is, finding acceptance but suffering the worst loss of all on his journey to being Alicia.