Winner of the 2003 International Reading Association Award for Young Adult Novel.
But what will it cost him to know?.
When Emmett\'s tortured dead body is found floating in a river, Hiram is determined to find out who could do such a thing.
Hiram sees firsthand how the local whites mistreat blacks who refuse to know their place.
But soon after he arrives, he crosses paths with Emmett Till, a black teenager from Chicago who is also visiting for the summer.
At first Hiram is excited to visit his hometown in Mississippi.
This gripping read is based on the true events of the murder of Emmett Till, one of the nation\'s most notorious crimes that helped spark the Civil Rights Movement .
Winner of the 2003 International Reading Association Award for Young Adult Novel
