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A triumphant and unforgettable new novel about the changing South, the power of friendship, and the courage that lies within us all

Orphaned at eight, John McMillan now longs for escape from his aunt's run-down tenant farm in Lower Peach Tree, Alabama. A twist of fate brings him to the Bend, a black settlement where he becomes embroiled in a brutal confrontation that changes all their lives, challenges the prejudice of an era, and inspires the courage of a people.

In an Alabama town in the early 1950s during the last polio summer before the Salk vaccine, ten-year-old Tabitha "Tab" Rutland is about to have the time of her life. Although movie theaters and pools have been closed to stem the epidemic, Tab, a tomboy with a passion for Roy Rogers, still seeks adventure with her best friend Maudie May, "the lightest brown colored person" she knows. Now as they meddle with the local bootlegger, Mr. Jake, row o...