Winner of the 2003 International Reading Association Prize for Young Adult Novel. This gripping tale is based on the true events from the murder of Emmett Till, one of the nation’s most notorious offences that helped spark the Civil Privileges Movement.

Initially Hiram is excited to visit his hometown in Mississippi. But immediately after he happens, he crosses paths with Emmett Till, a black teen from Chicago who is also going to for the summer. Hiram sees firsthand the way the regional whites mistreat blacks who refuse to ‘know their place.’ When Emmett’s tortured dead body is available floating in a river, Hiram is set to learn who could perform such a thing. But what will it cost him to know?