A repackaged paperback edition of Chris Crutcher's controversial and often challenged novel, which the Washington Post called "Truly exceptional." A group of outcasts forges its own path and forms unexpectedly strong friendships as they take on an unfair system in their high school. This hard-hitting novel is for fans of John Corey Whaley and Marieke Nijkamp. Features a new afterword by Chris Crutcher.