In the young adult novel All American Boys, Brendan Kiely and Jason Reynolds present the stories of two teenagers attending the same high school. Early in the narrative, one teen witnesses the other's brutally violent assault at the hands of a police officer, who upon closer inspection happens to be a close family friend of the observer. The novel goes on to address a variety of important themes, such as injustice, the myth of neutrality, and the importance of action versus simple awareness.
