John McMillan was only eight years old when his mother died and he was ripped, without warning, from his sheltered world of books and gentility. Now on his aunt's run-down tenant farm in southern Alabama, abused by his alcoholic uncle, and completely bereft, John longs for escape--his only hope for survival.

He's about to get his wish in a way no one could ever predict....A twist of fate will bring John to the Bend, a black settlement that has become a refuge for outcasts, where he'll join Tuway, a black man who helps others leave the South and find a new life in Chicago. But neither will be ready for the brutal confrontation about to change their lives, challenge the prejudice of an era, inspire the courage of a people, and most of all, touchingly reveal the secrets of one boy's heart.

Author: Pat Cunningham Devoto
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 12/01/2001
Pages: 448
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 8.04h x 4.96w x 1.11d
ISBN: 9780446678025


Review Citation(s):
Booksense '76 Mar/Apr 2002 03/01/2002 pg. 1