Joe Brickman is looking forward to his year as captain of the Lawndale High soccer team - and to a blooming relationship with his neighbour Kristine.
But as the brutal, tribal rules that govern the school are exposed, Joe has to find the courage to break free....
It goes back generations.
Violence has always been part of school life - especially at Lawndale.
But when the social structure of the school begins to crumble, Joe finds himself on the wrong side of the new order.
Joe Brickman is looking forward to his year as captain of the Lawndale High soccer team - and to a blooming relationship with his neighbour Kristine