In 1968 Chicago, its not easy for thirteen-year-old Sam to be the son of known civil rights activist Roland Childs. Especially when his older brother, Stick, starts keeping to himself. Then, one day, Sam finds something under Sticks bed that changes everything literature about the Black Panthers. Suddenly, nothing feels certain anymore. And when Dr. King is shot and killed, Sams fathers words are no longer enough to make him believe in change.This moving, coming-of-age story gracefully encompasses the scope of the struggle between the civil rights and black power movements through an intimate and relatable lens.,
