In a small town on the banks of the Mississippi is a hidden community-dirty, poor, and smoldering under the hot, summer heat. A little boy cowers behind his mother's skirt, afraid that his uncle may find him in the darkest hours of the night. Tommy knows his life isn't perfect. He doesn't expect respect. He doesn't expect a new pair of shoes. But despite his poor quality of life, no child should suffer at the hands of a wicked man like Linus. Known for his ugly lifestyle, Linus wants only to fulfill his desire to treat children how he wants-and Tommy is part of that plan. But another child is in harm as well-Tommy's older sister, Bonnie. The town's beauty, she finds herself in a hasty marriage and in the home of another monster. Harold is the meanest man in town, and his new wife is doomed to suffer at his hands. A glimmer of hope appears when Tommy and Bonnie's family arrive from a mining town in Wyoming asks them to leave the sinking village and move to Wyoming. Will Tommy and...

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