A powerful novel about the difficulty of doing what is right.
From the Hardcover edition..
Cooney presents a fresh perspective on how doing what is right can be most difficult.
In this uncommonly penetrating story, Caroline B.
When Jared, the oldest Finch son, realizes that the good guys are not always innocent, he must make a decision that could change the fates of both the Finches and the Amabos.
And the Amabo family has something of his--something that they agreed to carry into the country for him.
This lawless rebel has managed to enter America undetected.
But the fifth refugee does not believe in good will.
The life adjustment for all seems flawless.
As the Amabo family, who have suffered unimaginable horrors, begin to adjust to a life of plenty in the Finches\' suburban Connecticut home, and the Finches are learning new lessons of -The Golden Rule-.
What the Finch Family doesn\'t know is that there are not just four refugees in this Amabo family, but five.
The Amabo family of four- Andre, Celestine, Mattu, and Alake: father, mother, and teenage son and daughter- arrive in great hope as they have escaped the tyranny of Africa.
Through their love for people, yet ignorance of the unknown, the Finch Family has joined alongside their church and opened their home to an African refugee family who are moving to Connecticut.
A powerful novel about the difficulty of doing what is right
