All American Boys is a book about two boys - one white, one black and the adventure they both go on. Rashad is the black boy and Quinn is the white and they both attend ROTC and play on the school’s basketball team. The story starts on a Friday night as the boys head out with their separate groups to go partying. Rashad stops to get chips before meeting his boys at the party and one incident later he’s beaten by a white cop and put into the hospital. Quinn sees the whole thing go down and knows the cop, Paul Gulluzo, who beats the boy.