With his muscular arms wrapped tightly around my midsection, squeezing the life out of me from behind, he leaned back, and before I knew what was happening, he had me in the air; my feet had left the ground. Quickly, and completely out of my control, I came crashing to the cool earth with a loud thump. After a summer visit to Harlem, New York, Travis Moore comes back to South Carolina with a newfound understanding of the game of basketball and a necessary toughness that is needed when he decides to stand up to the school bully Big Ray. Eventually he demonstrates just how courageous he is when he's faced with a life-or-death decision on his eleventh birthday. Saving Miss Caroline is about the importance of family and true friendship, especially in the midst of trouble.