a kid whos dad deals drugs then gets shot by one of his old friends, the kid gets put into police custody his mom turns out to be the d.a. he lives with her for a while straightens up then takes this kid to a drug deal and that continues for a while then the kid dies, and judes moms boyfriend whom is a cop says he can help jude by settin him up and him with a bunch of coke and pleeding guilty jude goes to jail soon to find out that his moms boyfriend lied and did it to get him out of the way, he is in jail for a while gets a real smart i believe gets a college degree then he gets out of jail and makes everyone find out the truth and stuff like that its a really good book kinda hard to explain but i def recommend it