I love Mark Childress's writing. His characters display a lovable sense of humor - enough to make me laugh aloud. This novel starts out with a light tone, describing Daniel Musgrove's move from Indiana to Mississippi during his junior year of high school in the 1960's. It is a coming of age novel for him as well as for the country as he puzzles through questions of equality and civil rights. He and his new friend Tim show an error in judgment on prom night, an error that leads to all sorts of trouble for the 2 boys as well as their peers. The novel turns more serious as it goes on, and remains a compelling read. highly recommended.

Planning to send to another BCer as in honor of my 4th "bookiversary." Enjoy!

Sent today to inkinlala. Hope you enjoy!

I got home for the holidays to find this waiting for me - thank you so much! I'm looking forward to reading it in the new year.

I'm sorry it took me so long to get to this one - it was left in storage during a move. I did find it an interesting read, and I hope to get it moving again (likely to one of the local Little Free Libraries) soon.

Left in the exchange box.