After his father dies in the attack on 9/11 and he is given a scholarship to an elite private school， Bart Rangely feels that his future is about to change for the better， but bullying ways and terrorizing tactics at his new school make the following year an ongoing nightmare that is just too much to handle. 45，000 first printing.， My father was killed on 9/11. When eighth grader Bart Rangely is granted a "mercy" scholarship to an elite private school after his father is killed in the North Tower， doors should have opened. Instead， he is terrorized and bullied by his own mentor. So begins the worst year of his life. ，After the death of his estranged father in the World Trade Center on 9/11， thirteen-year-old Bart， still struggling with his feelings of guilt， sorrow and loss， wins a scholarship to the local preparatory school and there encounters a vicious bully whose cruelty compounds the aftermath of the tragedy.After the death of his estranged father in the World Trade Center on 9/11， Bart， still struggling with his feelings of guilt and loss， wins a scholarship to the local preparatory school and there encounters a vicious bully.