" This fictious story is similar to S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders. Ty'ree is 21 years old, and after his mother died in an accident, he is forced to take care of his two younger brothers. Charlie is the middle brother, 15 years, and he gets arrested and thrown in jail, leaving Ty'ree alone at the house with Lafayette (12 years old). Charlie comes back to the house from jail and has changed severely. Ty'ree got along well while Charlie was gone, but now that he is back, everyone is going to have to make changes. Ty'ree and Lafayette want Charlie to clean up his act and are wiling to help him no matter what the cost is. The book is written in almost all conversation. There is extremely little narration, just the brothers conversing with each other. It is through their conversations that you learn about the individual characters. This literary approach is fresh and interesting. Instead of a narrator always telling the reader what is going on in a characters mind, the reader is forced to suppose what is going on in a character's mind based off of what they are saying. I believe that all young readers will be interested in a reading these conversations and gaining insight into these relationships. There are difficult themes like dealing with loss, and accepting a significant responsibility at a young age, that I think people will be able to connect with. "
— Justin, 12/22/2013