

"When schools become war zones and both sides start taking casualties, what then?"
When a Brooklyn high school student writes the police code for homicide, 187, inside a textbook owned by teacher Trevor Garfield, Garfield feels threatened. The principal dismisses the incident, but the same student stabs Trevor soon after. Fifteen months later, a physically and emotionally scarred Trevor relocates to California and takes up substitute teaching. To his dismay, his new school is as full of dangerously undisciplined students as his old one—including four Latin Americans and a European American claiming membership in tagging gang K.O.S. (Kappin' Off Suckers)—driving him over the edge.
Trevor Garfield

Dave Childress

Ellen Henry

Cesar Sanchez

Principal Garcia

Rita Martinez

Benny Chacon

Larry Hyland

Stevie Littleton
Paco

Lakesia

Barsek
Victor

Mrs. Chacon

Dennis Broadway

Anglo Woman

Teacher

Animal Regulation Officer

Asian Girl

Assistant Coroner

New York Assistant Principal

Augie

Iris

Walter

Mrs. Ford

Librarian
Mrs. Santana
Straggling Student
Voice in Crowd
