In this book, Jordan is a troublemaker. He got a little off-track, and then when he tried to fix it, it sort of made things worse. Now he's fighting with his parents and annoyed at his sister. This book is set against the backdrop of the Rodney King riots, and it's a good starting point for kids about the tricky racial issues around that shooting (not just the police plus King, but a previous shooting involving a teen girl and a Korean liquor store owner, which led to some targeting of Korean-owned stores for looting.) Jordan's dad has set off to protect the store, and after not hearing from him for hours, he goes out to find him and bring him the thing he thinks his dad most needs--the gun they used to have in the store.