The Swift Boys and Me by Kody Keplinger deals with family, friendship, and divorce. No one has meant so much to Nola Sutton as the Swift brothers. She’d been friends with the boys her whole life and assumed their brother-sister-like friendship would never change. One day, however, the boys’ father leaves without saying goodbye. Nola’s friendship with the boys takes a downward spiral. The boys isolated themselves from everyone, including Nola.