It was East Bethany, a small town of five bright youths and their imaginative E.B. gang.

They came armed only with ideas for pranks, and a seemingly unbreakable friendship.

But a car accident left one of the members in a coma, and the other four in a shocked daze. One of the members tells of his struggle to overcome the near death of a high school sports icon and family treasure. The unanswerable question arises: Why Wont My Buddy Get Up? Everything in life is connected, he reasoned. But his mystery becomes a struggle to discover how and why.