A scuffle ensues and, when Healy intervenes, he falls to the ground, unconscious but still alive. Gecko and Arjay attempt to intercept him one night as he tries to use the fire escape as a means of reconnecting with his newfound, gang-related associates. Though Gecko and Arjay enter into the deal in good faith, Terence seems bound for recidivism. The teens accept his offer to become his first reformees, willing to trade their bleak incarceration for a small taste of freedom, even though the bargain entails maintaining academic excellence, therapy, and community service. Empathetic adult Douglas Healy, a former juvenile offender himself, has secured a grant to operate an experimental halfway house in New York City designed to provide second chances to boys deemed as deserving. Grade 6–9-Terence, Gecko, and Arjay made serious mistakes and wound up doing time in juvenile-detention facilities.
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