Out on the lacrosse pitch, wealthy but troubled Jesse and poor but driven Tosha form an easy and deep bond, but their relationship is threatened once they enter the hallways of an elite prep school they attend in Washington, D.C. There, they must work to overcome racial and other tensions in their classmates, and in themselves, if they hope to keep their friendship alive.

Police informant Raffy-el thinks he's gotten the upper hand on cops and crooks alike when he obtains a master list of all the snitches the Philadelphia police have working for them. Instead, he discovers he's been played. Now he and his brother, Salim, must elude the corrupt cops and fellow criminals who are hunting them down.