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Gabriel King believes he was born chicken. He’s afraid of spiders, corpses, loose cows, and almost everything related to the fifth grade. If it’s an option between graduating or staying in the fourth grade forever, he’s going to stay put–only his best friend, Frita Wilson, won’t hear of it.
“Gabe,” says Frita, “we got to do something positive about you.” When Frita accocunts for her mind, she’s just like a locomotive–there’s no stopping her. “First, you’re going to make a list. Jot down everything you’re afraid of.”
Gabe’s list is a lot longer than he’d like Frita to learn. Plus, he can’t quite work out how tackling his fears will make him brave. Surely jumping from the rope swing within the catfish pond can only lead to certain death . . . but maybe Frita knows what she’s doing. It turns out she’s got her own list, and while she’s watching Gabe face all his fears, she’s preventing the fear that scares her the most.
With wisdom and clarity, K. L. Going explores the nature of fear in what should be an idyllic summer for two friends from differing backgrounds. For them, surviving in a small town in Georgia with an active Ku Klux Klan, the summertime of 1976 is a momentous one. It’s the summertime they uncover what courage is all about.
