In the summer of 1996, two teenagers meet in Caulfield, Tennessee: sixteen-year-old Frankie, an indifferent student who dreams of becoming a writer, and Zeki, a talented artist who has just moved in with his grandmother. A spark ignites between Frankie and Zeki, not just romantically, but also creatively. They create a poster that, once seen, a person can never forget.

Full of warmth and good humor, No Time to Panic is a profound and witty novel about growing up and first love, about art and creativity, about memory and nostalgia.