d. bryant simmons

COULD YOU SURVIVE THE ROUGH AND TUMBLE STREETS OF CHICAGO? 
TJ Patterson isn't cut out for the streets and he gets a lesson he'll never forget when he witnesses a gang shooting.

At just fifteen years old, TJ Patterson could be almost anything. Almost. He doesn't have the intellectual fortitude to be a Rhode Scholar. Doesn't have the guts to be a criminal. And he can't sing a lick, although he likes to pretend that he can.

So far, TJ has lived an uneventful life but that is about to change. While walking home from school, TJ and his friends stumble into a murder scene. The victim is an everyday working man trying to do the right thing. The perpetrator? A member of Chicago's most notorious gang.

What happens next will define the rest of TJ's life.