Edgar Allan, a black child, is adopted by the Reverend Fickett, his wife and four children in a privileged and conservative small town in California. The impact on their community and family is described.
Summary: When Dan, a foster child who has lived in many homes in his short life, is adopted, he has a hard time believing that his new family is really permanent.
Eighth-grader Gina Smith is targeted as easy by some boys in her new school because of her physical development and because of an incident in her past in which she was assaulted in a public swimming pool.
