Storm (Red Fox fiction) Book

A totally absorbing, swiftly moving story set in the Chesapeake Bay area of Virginia in America. The idyllic childhood friendship between Buck Smith, a white boy, and Tunes, the motherless black girl with whom he has shared many adventures, is brutally terminated when they find the drowned body of Jorge Rodriques . "A murder comes hard to anyone, especially a 12-year-old, mixes him up so's it can take years to get straight again." But Buck finds out that when it comes to the crunch, white folk, even his own Dad, quickly revert to racial prejudice and he's pretty much on his own fighting to save his wrongfully accused friend. The countryside, the creeks and the daily lives of a closely-knit farming community are vividly and memorably evoked in this tremendously exciting and moving novel about a young boy's doomed attempt to bring his personal sense of justice and loyalty into everyday life. A modern Classic. (10 years and over) --Tamsin PalmerRead More