When Rollie is attacked because of his involvement with Tez, both boys reassess their activity and plan a new way forward. He hopes that he can get into the band, and that will be his excuse for dropping the look out jobs. Rollie does, but he wants to support his best friend. He is looking to move up in Tez's organization, but he fears that Rollie wants out. Simp feels that basketball and living in the Cove are his only options, so when his mother indicates she knows where they money is coming from and wants him to get his younger brothers involved, he thinks this is a possibility. B., thinks he has a shot at the big time when a local boy band asks him to audition. He is in the Gifted and Talented program at his school, and his music teacher, Mr. Simp is glad to have the money to help out his mother and younger brothers, but Rollie doesn't like the illegal activity at all, and know that his church going grandmother would not be happy if she found out. They are both very interested in basketball, but being on the neighborhood team, the Marauders, also means that they work as lookouts during drug sales for their coach, Tez. Simp and Rollie both live in the Cove, and are doing they best they can in a rough neighborhood. ARC provided by Young Adult Books Central
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