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plot
Derailed Summary Derailed is about the character of “Stony” and his conflicts throughout his junior year. In the beginning Stony is shown to be a slacker. He is failing American Lit. and about to be thrown off the football team. His girlfriend Mindy is only in school to be with Stony. She and him had been dating for 2 years. Eventually Stony gets a tutor. That’s where the character Robyn comes in. Mindy doesn’t agree with him spending time with her. This ultimately causes their breakup. Following the break up, Stony shows interest in Robyn.

other
He learns a lot about Robyn; like that she has a kid. Logan. She learns a lot about him too. Like that his parents fight a lot and are becoming poor. Then Stony’s prospective changes. Now he has an interest in college, and settling down and a future outside of the town he lives in. Later Mindy moves away with a boy and gets married and has a baby while Stony and Robyn begin dating not realizing Robyn’s ex had gotten out of jail (he was put in jail for raping Robyn). After he had gotten out of jail, he began looking for Robyn.

reception
He found her and began stalking Robyn and Stony. Showing them with symbols like spray painting a heart on Stony’s house just like the one on he and Robyn’s wrist which they had gotten when they were dating. Soon after Robyn and Stony find out he was stalking them he kidnapped Logan. His own son. He threatened to kill Logan if Robyn hadn’t agreed to meet him in the broken down hotel and leave with him. In the interview questions they asked Jon what was most difficult in writing Derailed. His answer was relating it to problems teens faced today, this was an example if how he related it.

Since he did kidnapped Logan, Robyn and Stony had to meet him. They met him in the abandoned hotel, it was dark and he and his friend had weapons. He threatened to kill them if Robyn didn’t have sex with him. In front of everyone. Stony then decided to jump on him a throw him to the grown along with Logan and Robyn, shots fired into the air but luckily Robyn, Stony, and Logan got out. When they got to the car the realized the keys were still in the hotel. The two guys came out of the hotel firing shots. But because a train was coming by they decided to jump it as Stony and his brother (who passed) used to do for fun. They made the jump and one of the men died chasing after them, the other went to jail. Stony and Robyn were named heroes. Stony got a scholarship. Robyn moved back to her old town promising to return for Stony in the fall. Quotes: unfortunately the story veers into melodramatic.