School

Lucas Donovan and Jake Holden are lifelong best friends in Wilson, North Carolina who face change and uncertainty when their parents decide to send them to the local private school. The two find their niche when Lucas's economic mind realizes that they can become suppliers for whatever it is people want-namely a new drug they nickname The Party Starter. As the market increases, so do the stakes, as Lucas and his assembled crew find themselves at odds with rival drug dealers, the police, and the school administration. School is a story about friendship, love, and powerand how the influence of all three can change who we are. Lucas and Jake are lifetime best friends who live in rural Wilson, North Carolina. When the county school board is pressured to realign school districts, their mothers decide to send Lucas and Jake to the local private school. Once there, Lucas economic mind realizes that he can build an empire. He assembles a crew, and they quickly become the guys who can get people whatever they want: whether it is drugs or the answers to their Chemistry quizzes. As the market increases, so do the stakes, as Lucas and his friends find themselves in a battlefield surrounded by cheerleaders, fraternity thugs from nearby colleges, even the schools police officer and the head principal. School provides the storytelling of a young protagonist trying to figure out what is truly valuable in a place where every word and action is not only significant, but magnified: school.