Finding Jake

Simon is a stay-at-home dad whose life changes when he gets an emergency text from his children's high school: there has been a shooting, and all parents are requested to assemble at the church near the school. Simon watches tensely as the teens arrive and are reunited with their parents. His daughter shows up, but not his son, Jake. Soon word emerges that there were two shooters, one a boy named Doug. He has always been strange, but Jake, following Simon's advice, has treated Doug kindly. The police believe that Jake was Doug's accomplice. Over the next few days, he and his wife Rachel must cope with angry neighbors, predatory media, and suspicious police as they attempt to find out where Jake is and what really happened. The protagonist thinks back over his son's life, trying to see if his memories of Jake's relationships with his sister, friends, and parents carry any clues to the current tragedy. Alternating between these flashbacks and Simon's actions following the shooting, this is a look at one family's response to a harrowing experiences.