In the Bronx, New York, during the McCarthy era, twelve-year-old Jamie keeps a terrible secret about her family, but when the truth is exposed, her parents lose their jobs and she is fired from the school newspaper.
year: 2005
call number/section: 1000
subjects: toleration, juvenile fiction, communism, secrets, family, fiction, united states, politics and government, 1945-1953, juvenile fiction, bronx (new york, n.y.), history, 20th century, fiction