Leanora Sutter. Esther Hirsh. Merlin Van Tornhout. Johnny Reeves . . .
These characters are among the unforgettable cast inhabiting a small Vermont town in 1924. A town that turns against its own when the Ku Klux Klan moves in. No one is safe, especially the two youngest, twelve-year-old Leanora, an African-American girl, and six-year-old Esther, who is Jewish.
In this story of a community on the brink of disaster, told through the haunting and impassioned voices of its inhabitants, Newbery Award winner Karen Hesse takes readers into the hearts and minds of those who bear witness.
Karen Hesse
Karen Hesse is the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of many books for children. Her titles include
Witness,
The Cats in Krasinski Square, and the Newbery Medal winner
Out of the Dust, among many others. She lives in Vermont with her husband and two teenaged daughters.
