Growing up we all had to discover, and find out who we are and how to obtain moral courage. this heartfelt story elaborates on the meaning of accepting and loving who you are. this children novel is base off a group of close friends growing up in New York with different personalities and upbringings but learn through adversity and responsibility how to reflect on their life issues and solve them by helping each other . their challenges were with family, friends and each other growing up is hard . but if you have family and friends support it makes a different how you approach every day life problems. Eddie leaned just how much his friends really meant to him going through their dilemma. he could not turn his back on them, he wanted to support them any way possible but some time he could be overwhelm with the situations and become angry and say things he don't t really mean. Eddie had become the leader and took his leadership seriously with his friends he wanted to lead by example