The football field is a battlefield...

There's an extraordinary price for victory at Oakgrove High. It is paid on - and off - the football field. And it claims its victims without mercy - including the most innocent bystanders.

When a violent, steriod-infused, ever-escalating prank war has devastating consequences, an unlikely friendship between a talented but emotionally damaged fullback and a promising gymnast might hold the key to a school's salvation.

Told in alternating voices and with unapologetic truth, Leverage illuminates the fierce loyalty, flawed justice, and hard-won optimism of two young athletes.

In a school where champion players inflict terror on students without fear of punishment, two boys from completely different worlds must come together not only for protection, but to reveal the terrible secret about the death of a teammate that might finally exact justice for the victim.