Fleeing from a neighbor's assailants, who believe he has identified them to the police, LeRoy leaves his Chicago housing project to live with his grandfather, a shrimp fisherman, in Mississippi. When the Chicago police come for him, LeRoy must decide if he is going to risk his life testifying.
year: 1980
call number/section: 1000
subjects: crime, fiction, grandfathers, fishers, fishermen, mississippi, fiction, grandparents
Editions
Butterworth, W. E
Four Winds Press (1980)
Fleeing from a neighbor's assailants, who believe he has identified them to the police, LeRoy leaves his Chicago housing project to live with his grandfather, a shrimp fisherman, in Mississippi. When the Chicago police come for him, LeRoy must decide if he is going to risk his life testifying.
Schools: 1
Butterworth, W. E
After witnessing a murder by one of Chicago's toughest gangs, LeRoy flees his native city to hide at the home of his grandfather, a shrimp fisherman, in Mississippi and must decide if he will risk his life to testify.
Schools: 1