Ten-year-old Doris's gradual friendship with the new boy in her inner-city neighborhood, Amir, brings her into a closer understanding with her family even though it divides her from her old friends.
Joyce Hansen, a former New York City schoolteacher, is a well-known author of both fiction and nonfiction and a four-time Coretta Scott King Honor recipient.Born and raised in the Bronx, Ms. Hansen now lives in West Columbia, South Carolina.