[Spoiler Alert!] Starts out with Griffin as a nine years old, living with his parents. We learn his family has moved from Oxford because of Griffin jumping for the first time at five in front of a bus load of tourists. They currently reside in San Diego, California. He and his father are driving to a location where Griffin can practice jumping. Then it goes to him talking a bit about his home life. He is homeschooled by his mother and attends karate class. This is where he has one of his first problems: a bully named Paully MacLand. He was his sparring partner in class and Paully always took it too far. One day though after class Paully charged at Griffin and jumped to the ravine in the Empty Quarter (where his father and him practiced). This led to two strange men and a woman killing his