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<p><p>When David is born, in the 1940s in Tennessee, Dr. Franklin Church, his daddy, hangs a skeleton from his crib saying, You, baby boy, gonna be a doctor. With Daddy's help, David starts studying the human bones.</p> <p>Aside from doctoring, the most important thing in David's life is his friendship with a black boy named MAlcolm. David and Malcolm try out for baseball. They make rubbings from gravestones. In a secret ceremony inside a cave, they become blood brothers. And all the time, they are on a relentless search for a ghoulish relic, the stuffed arm of a Civil War Rebel.</p> <p>David and his fiercely racist father are involved in a war of their own. In a rage over the boys' playing together against his wishes, Dr. Church forbids Malcolm to ever enter their home--or he will kill him. David tries to change his daddy's mind. But when Malcolm crosses the line, Dr. Church grabs his shotgun.</p></p><h3>Publishers Weekly</h3><p><P>Johnston (<I>The</I><I>Ghost of Nicholas Greebe</I>), well known for her witty picture books, writes a compelling, sometimes harrowing coming-of-age story that explores racial tensions in small-town Tennessee during the early '50s. All his life, motherl

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Author

Johnston, Tony, 1942-

Publisher

New York: Roaring Brook Press

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781596431133

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Children'S, History, Fiction

Rating

3.77 / 5 (321 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13