The Final Four
by Paul Volponi
Also by Paul Volponi:
Riker's High
Arrested on a minor offense, a New York City teenager attends high school in the jail facility on Rikers Island while waiting for his case to go to court.
Homestretch
Five months after losing his mother, seventeen-year-old Gas runs away from an abusive father and gets a job working at an Arkansas race track, surrounded by the illegal Mexican immigrants that he and his father blame for her death.
Response
Three boys are charged with a hate crime after an African-American high school student is beaten with a baseball bat in a white neighborhood.
The Hand You're Dealt
When seventeen-year-old Huck's vindictive math teacher wins the town poker tournament and takes the winner's watch away from Huck's father while he's in a coma, Huck vows to get even with him no matter what it takes.
Rucker Park Setup
While playing in a crucial basketball game on the very court where his best friend was murdered, Mackey tries to come to terms with his own part in that murder and decide whether to maintain his silence or tell J.R.'s father and the police what really happened.
Black and White
Two star high school basketball players, one black and one white, experience the justice system differently after committing a crime together and getting caught.