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Gr 4-7 Randall Mackey, 11, has a secret: he knows who left a baby on the doorstep of a local church, but he can't tell because he wants to protect an elderly neighbor. What transpires is a battle between the white minister's wife, who wants the infant, and black Miss Frieda, who is authorized for foster care and believes that the child should be "with his own kind." The tensions that ensue split the black and white communities, and the congregation as well. While Ran...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

While the title of O'Connor's latest unpretentious Southern charmer references one Bible story, it might put readers in mind of another—that of King Solomon settling the dispute about the baby. Yet neither of the two well-intentioned women battling each other for custody of Moses, the name pointedly bestowed upon the baby left in a box on the steps of the Foley, South Carolina, Rock of Ages Baptist Church, is his real mother. Only e...Log In or Sign Up to Read More