ONE OF US BY ANNE SCHRAFF

CHARACTERS

• Derrick (protagonist)
• B.J Brady (antagonist)
• Bethany
• Destini

SETTING OF THE BOOK

• Tubman high school
• Small town
• Modern time

INCITING EVENT

• Derrick gets a job
• He takes a shortcut through the alley after work to get home faster

RISING ACTION

• Derrick sees B.J kill someone in the alley
• B.J wants to kill Derrick for being a witness
• Derrick swears he wont say anything
• B.J spares his life

CLIMAX

• Derrick sees the guy that B.J killed on the news
• Derrick felts so guilty
• He tells his parents
• B.J dies

MEANING OF THE TITLE

• The book is called "one of us" because when B.J and Derrick and his friends were young
• Bj thought derrick how to use a skateboard
• Bj was bullied thats why he sold drugs and all that

CONNECTIONS

• I honestly dont have one
• But some people might

MAN VS. HIMSELF