![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() and finds the multitude of heartbeats that lie beneath it. As she did in her other epic novels Countdown and Revolution, two-time National Book Award finalist Deborah Wiles takes the pulse of an era. From protests and parades to roaring races and rock n' roll, the cousins make their way to Barry in San Francisco, not really knowing what they'll find when they get there. Molly and Norman get on the bus - and end up seeing a lot more of America that they'd ever imagined. but his own mother makes it clear he doesn't have a choice. He's not sure about this trip across the country. He's a drummer who wants to find his own music out in the world - because then he might not be the "normal Norman" that he fears he's become. Norman is Molly's slightly older cousin, who drives the old schoolbus. ![]() Now Barry's been drafted into that war - and Molly's mother tells her she has to travel across the country in an old schoolbus to find Barry and bring him home. When she learns there are invaders (43), Sunny immediately expects something frightening, but she does not realize these people are fighting for equal rights for the black citizens of Mississippi. Her brother Barry ran away after having a fight with their father over the war in Vietnam. Twelve-year-old Sunny lives a relatively sheltered life and is not aware of the civil unrest of the time and place. Molly is a girl who's not sure she can feel anything anymore, because life sometimes hurts way too much. ![]()
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