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Plot summary
A night of excitement turns into a night of total destruction almost literally. It all starts in the locker room of Hazelwood High School after an intense basketball game. Team captain Robert Washington, a star basketball player, and best friends Andrew Jackson, Tyrone, and B.J Carson, set out for a peaceful night under the moon with bottles of "sunshine," their word for beer.(pg,4). The night ends with a horrific loss that stuns the whole school. That night, they lose Robert in a fiery combustion of the car that belongs to Andrew Jackson. The players of the  basketball team dedicate their first home game to Robert  and forfeit their first two games for him. The Tigers win their first home game they do play since the freak accident(pg.38). Andy continues to blame himself for his stupidity. While the others seem to be coping with the death of their beloved friend, Andy is not able to deal with the situation because he was the driver. He commits suicide and his friends not only have to deal with losing Robert, they also have to deal with losing Andy.

Themes
Fear of Death; Robert's death stuns the whole school. It causes a fear of death to affect the students at the school. For example, the character Rhonda writes a personal essay for English in which she admits,"Last week I learned that kids my age could die. That was the most frightening experience."(18)