Central Kansas Library System

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Until that September of 1952, Luke Chandler had never kept a secret or told a single lie. But in the long, hot summer of his seventh year, two groups of migrant workers — and two very dangerous men — came through the Arkansas Delta to work the Chandler cotton farm. And suddenly mysteries are flooding Luke’s world.

A brutal murder leaves the town seething in gossip...

A baseball-loving girl worries that the ballet class her mother forces her to take will ruin her reputation with the other members of her baseball team.

Although fifth-grader Ty Cutter is named after baseball great Ty Cobb, he is the worst player on the Brewer's team--which is coached by his overly-competitive father. Includes: information about the author; questions and answers with the author; writing tips; and a baseball terminology quiz.

Arthur really wants to play baseball on the Little League team with his friends, but when Francine teases him because he cannot seem to catch a ball, he worries that his skills are never going to be good enough.