As a detached kid spends time in juvenile hall for the unspeakable murder of a special needs kid, a writer and the people around him try to comprehend and cope with his reasoning for commiting this murder from the writings in a classroom book from his juvenile class, where he tries to let people know "the why".
The United States of Leland
A young man's experience in a juvenile detention center that touches on the tumultuous changes that befall his family and the community in which he lives.