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"This exquisitely wrought story of a boy named Jim growing up in North Carolina during the Depression with his mom and three uncles exhibits a clear-eyed maturity, and an understated daring, rarely seen in the most cutting-edge adult fiction." -Los Angeles Times Book Review

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First Sentence

DURING THE night something like a miracle happened: Jim's age grew an extra digit.

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  1. Tony Earley (Author)
 

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