Publisher's Synopsis
Golden Kite Award Finalist
Washington State Book Award Winner
Junior Library Guild Gold Standard
Notable Social Studies Reading List
CCBC Choices
--School Library Journal (starred) ★ "A well-constructed and movingly told story of a thoughtful Black boy making his place in his family and in 1950s America."
--Publishers Weekly (starred) "A gentle historical novel about finding your voice."
--Kirkus "Sundee Frazier once again flexes her masterful expertise in understanding the human heart, and the insurmountable will and capacity we have to press forward and persevere triumphantly."
--Kirkus Prize-winner Derrick Barnes "One of those rare books I found myself reading more slowly as I got to the final pages. I didn't want it to end."
--Newbery Award-winner Christopher Paul Curtis