Brick MacAvoy is a fourteen-years old boy, a grade nine student, and a bully at school. His father, Floyd started hitting him when he was only six, so Brick was very fearful of his father. Since his mother, Opal is a self-centred, irresponsible parent and does not care about Brick and his four-years old sister, Cassie. So he has to babysit Cassie all summer until the school starts again. Nobody would help him from being abused by his dad, and he start to vent his emotions and anger on weaker kids in the school. Brick want get out under his father’s abusing as soon as when he turn sixteen. But he has to earn money to move out, so he went to the Langille's house for painting. There, he met Tully, a red haired girl who kept protecting Brick from other mean kid, and kept his secret about he is beating up by Floyd. Which he made a lot lies about the wound on him and about …show more content…
Cassie brings out his softer side, and Brick will do anything to protect her. He is really angry about that and ask Cassie if this is the first time Floyd did that to you, and Cassis noded. From that day, Brick started to learn karate to project Cassie and joined master’s class who is a garbage man named Docker. Which saw his scar and ask if Brick want to learn self-defence with him. So, Brick started to run, lifting weights, and become stronger. Docker is not only teaching him self-defence, he also gave him life suggestions. After, Tully saw his friend was crying because Brick bullied him, she then told Rolf that Brick was a bully. The thing went to a 360 turn, Rolf and Marigold are not anymore welcome him to their house, and kept Cassis at their place for supper. Not letting Brick touching her, they thought the wound on Cassis was caused by Brick. After a period, Tully saw Brick being nice to Cassis and so Brick told her Floyd was keeping abusing him and sometimes Cassis. So the incident was solved, and then they have their first