After he drops out, his parents kick him out of the house. Chappie settles down alone in an abandoned bus. There he meets Iman, an immigrant from Jamaica. In the following months Iman will take Chappie on an adventure to Jamaica. There he will find out about true friendship and what life is all about.
Banks does a good job of connecting with the teenaged reader.
By using first person we see exactly what Chappie is thinking. I would recommend this book to anyone who has ever felt different or outcast and wanted to escape. This novel is an exciting, creative story. He involves the friendship of two boys on a runaway journey. Terry Kay described the characters and background so well that I felt like I was in the novel.