I said, sliding a book titled Trial by Fire: Hazing and You across the circulation desk to our friendly school library volunteer. I’d chosen the book as a not-so-subtle signal, because it was clear to us after what happened last night that the basketball team had a problem with hazing: harassing or ridiculing certain members to make them do what team members wanted. College fraternities and sororities are notorious for hazing, but it happens sometimes on sports teams too. Since the basketball team was school-sponsored, hazing was definitely against the rules and could get whoever was doing it in serious trouble. The question was, who was doing it? Jason Bound looked up with a nonplussed expression. He glanced from me to Frank, who stood just behind me. We’d used our sleuthing capabilities (and Marianne’s role as first-period office aide) to deduce that Jason helped out in the library during our lunch break. We figured it was the safest place to ask him what the heck?? Surely he wouldn’t want to make a scene in such a quiet place, with a bunch of students and the real librarian around.
