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Reviewed on April 15, 2001
Hezekiah Sheehand is only 16 but weary of life with an abusive mother, absent father, and promiscuous sister. To avoid pursuit by the school's truant officer, he runs away from his rural Mississippi home in 1961, taking his young retarded brother and heading for Chalktown. This mysterious neighborhood is home to loners and misfits who have suffered a literally unspe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
