by Louis Flint Ceci (Author), Jennifer Rain Crosby (Illustrator)
Past and present collide as Jake, Joanie, Randy and their friends seek to repair the mistakes their parents made without committing even bigger ones themselves. Their vision of a world free of violence and lies urges them on while old prejudices close in on their home town. A memorial sculpture believed lost is recovered, promising to bring the town together, yet a charismatic pastor immediately sets about to destroy it. A Viet Nam vet returns to honor a local hero, but carries with him a shocking secret. An escaped felon risks everything to reconcile with his wife and son, only to lose them both. Amid it all, two boys fall in love in a time and place that denies them hope and threatens their very lives.