An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

April May encounters what appears to be an extraordinary sculpture during a late-night walk through New York. She and her friend Andy make a video, and by the following morning it has transformed her into an online celebrity. Similar figures, soon known as the Carls, have appeared in cities around the world. Being the first person to document one gives April a public role she is eager to embrace, but attention arrives faster than understanding. Her relationships and sense of identity become entangled with competing interpretations of the mysterious visitors. As the world asks what the Carls want, April has to navigate the demands and dangers of becoming part of the answer.