Dodge wants to win and avenge his sister. His older sister, Dayna, is paralyzed from a Panic accident she suffered two years earlier. No one would expect him to win the game, but he has an emotional edge over the other competitors. There are always two secret judges who create the challenges and award points, but aside from the Opening Jump, none of the participants know what challenges will be presented.ĭodge Mason is known as a wimp. The winner takes the prize money pooled together by the entire high school, which is enough to pay their way out of town or to enter the college of their choice. For the rest of the summer, they will undergo a half-dozen difficult challenges until there is only one winner. Alcoholism and drug addiction are common among the adult population, and the whole town is filled with a sense of desperation and need.Įvery year, the day after graduation is Opening Jump, when the Panic players jump off a 40-foot-high ridge into a lake after nightfall. In a small town called Carp, New York, all the graduated high school seniors have a chance to play a risky game called Panic and win $50,000.
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