The Coretta Scott King Honor-winning author tells the moving story of the friendship between a young white boy and a Black WWII veteran who has recently returned to the unwelcoming Jim Crow South.
It all starts when he comes face-to-face with one of the worst drivers in town while riding his new bicycle--an accident t.
But on his twelfth birthday, his point of view begins to change.
For Gabriel Haberlin, life seems pretty close to perfect in the small southern town of Birdsong, USA.
The Coretta Scott King Honor-winning author tells the moving story of the friendship between a young white boy and a Black WWII veteran who has recently returned to the unwelcoming Jim Crow South