"One evening, Kuna and Dametrie, two study geeks, decided to takea break from their algebra lesson and shoot indoor hoops. Theycrumpled pieces of notebook paper and began to shoot at a strangewoven basket in the corner of Kuna’s room—a basket that Kuna had neverseen before. Aft er a number of misses, Kuna connected. Suddenly a brightpurple glow arose from underneath their impromptu basketball. Whenopened, the previously blank sheet of paper had writi ng on it in a foreignlanguage. It looked African, possibly a language Kuna’s CameroonianGrandmother might understand. With her help, they discovered it was thefi rst clue to a mysterious ethics code, which sent them off on a journey touncover the next nine clues—an adventure that had promise of great intrigueand self-discovery."