The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider

His friends have all been drinking and they rush to get out of the neighborhood before the police arrive, leaving Ezra alone.Įzra misses the final weeks of his junior year and endures surgeries on his knee and wrist.

The SUV doesn't stop and it takes Ezra a few minutes to realize that he is seriously hurt. The SUV crashes into Ezra's car and several people from the party rush out to take pictures of the wreck. He pulls out onto the street just as a black SUV speeds around a blind curve and through a stop sign without even slowing down. Ezra is crushed but makes a snide comment as he leaves the room, making it clear he wants nothing else to do with Charlotte.Ĭharlotte chases him but Ezra goes to his car, parked down the block. By luck, he finds the correct room right away and discovers Charlotte involved with another boy. He discovers that Charlotte is missing and someone drops a hint that there's something he should see upstairs. There's a party one night with lots of alcohol and Ezra attends. He is dating a cheerleader named Charlotte and is the envy of most of the boys in his grade. He is soon included in that group of students and the two boys, once inseparable, no longer spend time together at all.īy the time Ezra is a junior at Eastwood High School, he is very popular. Ezra, who is good at sports, begins spending time with members of the tennis team. Ezra says this is Toby's personal tragedy.Īfter this event, Toby becomes something of an outcast. Toby catches the head and has little choice but to hold it until the ride comes to an end. A boy in front of Toby stands up as the ride is entering a tunnel and his head is knocked off his body. Toby and Ezra sit on the very back seat of the ride. Toby, Ezra, and some of their friends are at Disneyland, which is located near their homes. For his best friend, Toby, this happens during his twelfth birthday party. This tragedy sets the course of the rest of their lives. Ezra Faulkner believes that everyone has a personal tragedy and that their lives truly begin after that point.

The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider