Emma is 14, and lives in Louisiana with her parents and her younger siblings. One Sunday the priest announces that the Catholic school will soon be open to all children including the 'coloreds'. Emma's little sister Lullah is excited, but some folks are not, and soon strife comes to the town that was always peaceful before...

I enjoyed the characters in this book, but the 'bad' people who oppose integrating the school are rather two dimensional and cartoonish. I think it could have been better. ( )