I'm in 10th, and I was actually very surprised it had such bad langauge and we were allowed to read it. Anyway, I'll post a summary.
It's about a boy named Cory Mackenson who lives in Alabama, and how he and his dad were driving along one day and this car flew by them into a lake and the man inside was killed. Cory basically tries to find out who the killer is, and the book is about growing up. It's sad sometimes, I cried maybe 3 times while reading it. And its kinda "magical" in a way.