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Gr 8 Up—Rashad Butler is a quiet, artistic teen who hates ROTC but dutifully attends because father insists "there's no better opportunity for a black boy in this country than to join the army." He heads to Jerry's corner store on a Friday night to buy chips, and ends up the victim of unwarranted arrest and police brutality: an event his white schoolmate Quinn Collins witnesses in terrified disbelief. Quinn is even more shocked beca...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Teens Rashad (who is African American) and Quinn (who is white) are high school classmates and not much more—neither even knows the other's name. But when a quick stop at the corner store for a bag of chips on a Friday night suddenly escalates into a terrifying scene of police brutality, the two boys are linked and altered by the violence—Rashad as its victim and Quinn as its witness. During the week following the incident, and in alte...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

When a quick stop at the corner store suddenly escalates into police brutality, high school classmates Rashad (who is African Ame...Log In or Sign Up to Read More