racism

In 1975, twelve-year-old Richard befriends Napolean, a Caribbean newcomer to his Catholic school, hoping that Napolean will learn to love baseball and the Red Sox, and will win acceptance in the racially polarized Boston school.

Presents a true account of the murder of fourteen-year-old, Emmett Till, in Mississippi, in 1955.

Twelve-year-old Rosemary Patterson learns that she will be attending an all-white school in the fall; but when her best friend is diagnosed with polio, she must face the first day of school alone.

The author introduces the concept of race as only one component in an individual's or nation's "story.".