When a feud over weight training room privileges escalates between the gymnastics team and the football at the high school, a question of morality, ethics, and doing the right thing becomes all encompassing for members of these teams. Danny, a promising gymnast and Kurt, a gifted football player who has seen way too much in his young life, create a bond that gives them the strength to stand up to murderous, lying bullies.
Danny and his teammate, Bruce are witness to a brutal attack on one of their teammates at the hands of mentally-disturbed football stars. They are frightened and are coerced into keeping silent, even though it has a devastating outcome. Kurt, who walks in on the attack, vows to somehow, someway make these bullies pay, even though his past may come back to haunt him.
Danny and Kurt, together with feisty, goth-girl Tina, leave no doubts behind when they expose Tom, Scott, and Mike (the football heroes) and their heinous crime. A chilling look at the power bullies have over those they taunt and how adults can sometimes look the other way. Be warned...there are some brutal, vicious scenes in this book that are probably, in all reality, happening at every high school in this country. Leverage is a book that you won't be able to put down and one that does not skirt around a frightening issue in our schools today
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