In 1941 a black youth, sadistically teased by two white boys in rural Mississippi, severely injures one of them with a tire iron and enlists Cassie's help in trying to flee the state.
- ISBN10 014037356X
- ISBN13 9780140373561
- Publish Date 30 March 1995 (first published 1 September 1990)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 June 2007
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Puffin Books
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 304
- Language English