<B> A compelling coming-of-age story about a 13 year old boy in</P> the pre-Civil War south attempting to make sense of the surrounding</P> chaos. As he comes to terms with his father's involvement</P> in the Underground Railroad and his mother's antipathy</P> toward abolitionism young Robert finds himself at a crossroads.</P></B> His best friend is a black boy named William Henry and the</P> dehumanizing effects of slavery are unquestionable in Robert's</P> mind ? he realizes he cannot just sit idly by. His family is pitted</P> against him and Robert's feelings of justice and family loyalty have</P> enough conflict to start a war of their own?</P>