by
Kim Johnson
published in
2024
Desi T says:
A thought-provoking and engaging look at skin-color dynamics and housing practices during the Jim Crow era.
In 1955, when his family, who passes for white, moves to an idyllic all-white suburban town, Calvin, who secretly makes friends across town, finds himself caught between two worlds when he discovers dark secrets about the white town and its inhabitants, which places his family in danger.
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