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Feb 28, 2016KMJ_ rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
The setting of this novel is rural Ohio in the 1970’s where Jimmy Lee Hickam is ostracized by everyone in town due to his family’s poverty, his incarcerated brother, and his alcoholic father. At first the only two people who believe in Jimmy are his English teacher and his football coach. Eventually his brother Edgel is released from prison, and starts to encourage the little brother he barely knows. This is a wonderfully written book about the power of encouragement, standing up for yourself and your family, and showing compassion to those around you.