Based on the critically acclaimed novel by Dave Chua (winner of the Singapore Literature Prize Commendation Award) Gone Case is a heartfelt coming-of-age story that revolves around twelve-year-old Yong who struggles to cope with the tumultuous events that take place in his life as he approaches his PSLE exams - the death of his grandmother the decaying relationship of his parents the rigorous demands of school run-ins with a neighborhood gang his first crush and taste of heartache and the tensions between him and his dysfunctional best friend Liang. Like the HDB estate that the main characters reside in Gone Case features a myriad of characters that weave in and out of Yong's life forming a poignant mosaic of Singapore heartlands in the 90s.