the Outcast
by Anne Shraff
this story takes place in a school named Tubman high school. This story also takes place in the present. The main conflict in the story is that a student named Kevin killed one of Jaris friends. the book starts out with two kids having fun time, before the murder happens.
the main character is Jaris. Jaris is a friendly, well thought, and a good person to his friends. Jaris was motivated by his friends death. he always tried better. i like Jaris because, he never gave up. he always tried to figure out who had killed his friend. the relationship between Kevin and Jaris was never the best, witch is why Kevin killed Mark.