<blockquote> <p> Silence burns. . . . </p> <p> Nothing I do eases the pain, not even putting everything on paper. I knew the truth that night, just as my father did. I kept quiet. </p> </blockquote> <p> Award-winning author Julius Lester delivers a haunting and poignant novel about the death of an innocent man and the pain of the boy who could have saved him. </p>