When her best friend falls victim to a vicious hate crime, sixteen-year-old Cat sets out to discover the culprits in her small North Carolina town. She thinks her brother's posse is involved in the beating, and she is determined to find out the truth since the police don't seem to be working to solve the crime. Cat doesn't fill us in until later in the novel why she is a loner in this small town, where "there aren't many people to choose from" to be friends with.
Myracle's description of how meth begins to take over the town Cat lives in reminds me of the presentation our school had during Red Ribbon Week about meth. I don't understand why people would try a drug like this, but Jason explains: "'Whatever you don't have in here'--he thumped his chest--'meth give it to you.'" I only see it making more holes in your body. Why would someone be willing to destroy their looks, body and mind for this?
Because Cat narrates this story, we are putting together the pieces of the puzzle along with her waiting for the light bulb to go off and shine the answer for us.
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