Publisher's Synopsis
In the tradition of To Kill a Mockingbird, Y-City Station depicts the recollections and historical experiences of an adolescent boy who undergoes a rite of passage in Arkansas during the summer of 1957. While working at his fatheras local business, J.D. Stafford observes certain character defects in his role models. When he becomes an inadvertent witness to a secret conspiracy that intensifies, resulting in robbery, racism, suicide, and murder, J.D. begins to question his own moral values as he recognizes similar flaws in his character. Y-City Station is a heartwarming story that focuses on appropriate role-modeling, trust, and integrity, and it addresses the questions of why good people go bad and how bad things can also happen to good people.