When the Ficketts decide to adopt Edgar Allan, they don\'t see the boy as a ticking time bomb. is a work of art.- The New York Times An American Library Association Notable Book An Outstanding Book of the Year, The New York Times.
Edgar Allan .
It is about parents and children, young people and older people, about love and failure, loss and discovery, coming to terms with ourselves and others.
This is not a novel about prejudice or race relations or brotherhood .
A white family adopts a small black child and then, because they are fearful of what will happen in their small town, make a terrible decision.
He is black, they are white, and their neighbors are determined to stop them.
When the Ficketts decide to adopt Edgar Allan, they don\'t see the boy as a ticking time bomb
