ONE OF US BY ANNE SCHRAFF

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

• Born in Cleveland, Ohio
• Earned a B.A & M.A from Northridge University in CA
• Tough highschool from 1967 - 1977

MAIN CHARACTERS

• Derrick
• B.J Brady
• Bethany
• Destini
• Derrick and Brady use to be friends

SETTING OF THE BOOK

• Tubman high school
• Small town
• Modern time

INCITING EVENT

• Derrick gets a job
• He takes a shortcut through thr 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
• They were friends. B.J tought them how to skateboard

THEMES

• I think one of the biggest scene was when B.J spared Derricks life
• I think the other biggest scence was when derrick told the polic about what B.J did

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