Piney Creek Road

Piney Creek Road is a part of the Woodland Hills subdivision, a community in the Baton Rouge suburbs. Most of the story takes place in the homes and yards of this street where the main characters live.The narrator tells the reader all about the residents and the events that occur in the community from his childhood through teen years. It is an upper-middle class community with nice homes, but many secrets and difficult personal circumstances reside behind the front doors.

The Perkins School

The Perkins School is the private school that all the kids on Piney Creek Road attend. It is a stately building with beautiful grounds. Everyone who attends comes from upper-middle class homes. Behind the scenes the school culture maintains a fair share of illegal drinking and drug use at parties. The school is set on fire by Jason Landry and the narrator...