"I'm thirteen and I'm in a cell. A cell. It's got real bars, up there protecting thtat high window. I can jump up and touch them. I'm in a cell. That door is for real; it's made of solid steel, and it's got a peephole. So they can spy on me. But I ain't gonna bust. I damn well ain't. Charlie Wilson, the 'state house boy' from Two Lakes, is sent to Riverton Boys Home as a state ward 'until such time as you are seen fit to return to society'. The door in the cellblock isn't the only thing that Charlie finds is for real - there's also the name 'George' scrawled on the walls and by it the world 'kehua' or ghost .
