* "True friendships defy age, gender, race, and other obstacles. Another stellar outing from the always-solid Woods."- Kirkus Reviews, starred review The word also sets the tone of the town's postwar racial references and bigotry. The author's use of the word 'colored' isn't gratuitous-the book's setting is Birdsong, South Carolina, in 1946.
* "If Opie Taylor from The Andy Griffith Show wrote a book about Mayberry's racism, the voice would be that of Gabriel Haberlin, the 12-year-old white boy who is saved from near tragedy by Meriwether Hunter, a 'colored' man.
Soon Gabriel learns why it's so dangerous for Meriwether to talk about his heroism in front of white people, and Gabriel's eyes are finally opened to the hard truth about Birdsong-and his understanding of what it means to be a hero will never be the same. Meriwether Hunter hadn't been around to push him out of harm's way.Īfter the accident, Gabriel and Meriwether become friends when they both start working at Gabriel's dad's auto shop, and Meriwether lets a secret slip: He served in the army's all-black 761st Tank Battalion in World War II. It all starts when he comes face-to-face with one of the worst drivers in town while riding his new bicycle-an accident that would have been tragic if Mr. But on his twelfth birthday, his point of view begins to change. Description The Coretta Scott King Honor-winning author tells the moving story of the friendship between a young white boy and a Black WWII veteran who has recently returned to the unwelcoming Jim Crow South.įor Gabriel Haberlin, life seems pretty close to perfect in the small southern town of Birdsong, USA.
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