This is a high interest, low vocabulary book for teens and youth. It tells the story of Kyle Unger, a young man who was wrongfully convicted of rape and murder during a outdoor concert event. The conviction was made based on the Mr. Big Sting, that is legal in Canada, but not in most other countries, including the United States.

Kyle Unger was a loner. He had dropped out of high school, had social problems with people his own age, especially exaggerating events in his life. People who knew Kyle, knew about his penchant for exaggeration, but unfortunately, this caused the Mr. Big Sting to come up with a "confession" to killing the young woman. While attending the Woodstick Music Festival in 1990 he, along with many others, drank, danced and tried to hook up with someone. Sixteen year old Brigette Grenier was successful in picking up a handsome stranger and stayed at the concert after her friends left. A couple of days later, her body was found in a creek, showing that she had been raped and brutally assaulted. Based on the testimony of the lead suspect, Kyle quickly became the second suspect as the police felt that two people had perpetrated the crime. When there was not enough evidence to try Kyle, the RCMP set up the Mr. Big Sting to get a confession out of Kyle. As was usual, Kyle exaggerated the events of the night and he was again charged with the crime.

This book explores the series of events that led to this 19 year old to be wrongfully convicted of murder and then spend 17 years in jail. There are many things to be learned from this book, such as: girls not to go off with strangers, telling the truth not exaggerating, sticking with your friends, not to drink to excess or use drugs, and more. A must for high school students, high school libraries, as well as public libraries.

This is only quite a short book, but it's definitely an interesting one. Well worth reading.