Description
In Mississippi in 1955, sixteen-year-old Jimmie is pulled into a dangerous family conflict when his grandfather’s past collides with a brutal crime: the kidnapping and murder of a fourteen-year-old African American girl from Chicago. As Jimmie tries to understand what really happened—and what his grandfather may be hiding—he is forced to confront the moral weight of loyalty, the reach of racism, and the cost of speaking the truth in a community built on silence. Blending courtroom tension with coming-of-age urgency, the novel explores how fear and prejudice shape both personal relationships and public justice. With Chris Crowe’s clear-eyed, emotionally grounded storytelling, this is a story about conscience under pressure and the hard work of choosing integrity when the world insists otherwise.
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paperback
Speak/Penguin Group
Published Jan 1, 2003
231 pages
ISBN: 9780142501924
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First Published
2003
Language
eng
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