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Violence
Barely any
Minimal violence; period-era racial tensions depicted
Language
Barely any
Mild language; some period-accurate Southern dialogue
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Light social drinking in background
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Coming-of-age themes; confronting racial injustice; loss of innocence
What this book is about
Tab Ellison idolizes Roy Rogers and the clean moral universe of Saturday afternoon Westerns, but growing up in a small Alabama town during the 1950s means confronting realities that no cowboy movie ever addresses—race, poverty, and the complicated loyalties of family. Devoto's debut novel is a warm, funny, and ultimately moving coming-of-age story that captures a child's dawning awareness of a world both larger and darker than she imagined.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Period-era racial tensions
Coming-of-age loss of innocence
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