California Blue by David Klass

John doesn't seem to fit any where, not his family or his school or even his town. He is a runner. His father and older brothers were all football stars in a town that football is the only sport that matters. Only one teacher at school does understand him, but she is an outsider herself. During one of his runs, trespassing on timber company land, he finds a new type of butterfly. His town depends on timber and many jobs have been lost due to forest protection. If he lets the EPA know, more jobs will be gone. If he doesn't, this butterfly may be lost forever. He has to decide whether to go against his father, his school, and his town or save and name a new species for the rest of the world. But what do you owe people who never accepted you in the first place? This book is for those who find themselves not fiting in and need hope to do the right thing, even if it means your life will change forever. John's life sure does by the end of the book, but is it for the good or the bad?