At Franklin High School, if you're black you play basketball; if you're white you go out for wrestling. It's not a rule, but it's the way the students think it should be. For Ray Wisniewski, a white kid, being on the varsity basketball team has always been a dream. He tries out two years in a row, but doesn't make it. After gaining a new coach, he finally makes the team. As the story continues, the intensity grows high between the blacks and whites. Robert, a black boy on the team who quietly hates Ray, gets into it by telling the coach that Ray was drinking and smoking dope. Throughout the season of basketball Ray gains black friends. Unfortunately, he is also loosing friends. His friend, Walter, is not very fond of blacks. Through the story, they get in a lot of fights. Will they recover? Will Robert lighten up? Will they win the season? Read the book to find out!