Mountain life -- North Carolina -- Fiction. Families -- North Carolina -- Fiction. Boys -- North Carolina -- Fiction. Dysfunctional families -- Southern States -- Fiction. Young men -- Southern States -- Fiction.

Homecoming -- Fiction. Fathers and daughters -- Fiction. Adult children of aging parents -- Fiction. Nineteen fifties -- Fiction. Social change -- Fiction.

Slaves -- United States -- Juvenile fiction. African American families -- Juvenile fiction. Slavery -- United States -- Juvenile fiction. Novels in verse. Slavery -- Fiction.