This is the third book in the trilogy with Battle of Jericho and November Blues, so you might want to read the first two books first in order to get better acquainted with the characters; I felt a little lost picking this up on its own. It's set in an urban Ohio high school, where Arielle lives with her rich stepdad and mom but is unhappy over his controlling ways; Kofi is hooked on pain pills but trying to keep it secret from his girlfriend; another girl, November, is back at school mid-semester after having had her baby girl. The story follows their relationships, how Arielle, a reformed bully, is trying to make it up to her former victims, and so forth. In the mix is a storyline about students' iPhones and other gadgets being stolen, and how the school reacts to this thievery. It all builds up to a tense armed-student confrontation...