Days after his emergency hire as principal of Fordson High, Imad Fadlallah discovers enough weed in its parking lot to supply a local dispensary. He realizes he is manning a sinking ship with thousands of young boys and girls aboard, among them, his son Ali.

Ali is drowning in a lyrical muse, as no one seems to tune in to his calls for help. Finding himself between stolen dreams and lives lost, Ali becomes yet another victim of Fordson's Prison of Minds.

Meanwhile, Principal Fadlallah paves the path from inmate to intellect, until his sudden death leaves students stranded, without leadership. But not without a final message...

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Imad Fadlallah, God rest his soul, is widely recognized as the most revolutionary principal in the history of Dearborn Public Schools. After inheriting a failing middle school and leading it to become one of the highest achieving schools in Michigan, he was forcibly reassigned to Dearborn's flagship high school, Fordson High-midway through his son Ali's senior year. March Forth From The Prison of Minds began as a memoir to uncover the true story of Fordson-from traumas to triumphs. But when Imad Fadlallah passed away suddenly in 2017, Ali completed the book by sharing his story as a Fordson boy and as a young man working to heal from the many scars Fordson left him with.