Nick+A.

By: SE Hinton

1. Bryon and Mark are two best friends who have known eachother for almost their whole lives. They are also almost like brothers because they lived together.

2. The two people Bryon meets are Cathy, M&M's sister, and Mark Chambers. Mark's gang members turned on him.

3. Bryon and Charlie have a friendly relationship, and Bryon respects Charlie. Charlie is trying to get Bryon cleaned up, so he can get a job.

4. Mark gets hit with a bottle at the dance, and is put in a hospital. He also received stitches.

5. During their talk, Bryon finds out that Mark really loves him.

6. Charlie was killed, and Mark and Charlie feel guilty because he was protecting them from their own troubles.

7. Cathy is friendly towards Mark, but Mark has a hostile attitude toward Cathy.

8. Mark cuts off Angel's hair when she is drunk, in revenge for setting up Curtis.

9. Bryon figures out that Mark doesn't care about anyone or anything except Bryon. He doesn't even care that Charlie died, or that M&M is missing.

10. At Terry's hoouse, Bryon gets beat up by Angela's brothers, because Mark cut her hair.

11. In chapter nine, M&M overdoses on LSD. Bryon and Cathy take him to the nearest hospital.

12. The shocking discovery Bryon makes in Marks room is finding a large quantity of pills, and realizing Mark is a drug-dealer. He calls the cops on Mark.

13. His attitude is not having any interest in family or friends, he doesn't love Cathy, and he hated himself for getting Mark locked-up.

14. Bryon feels guilty at the end of the book because he put Mark in jail for a long time.

15. I think this was a good book, and the life message is that illegal things can ruin your whole life.