Mississippi in the early '60s is the setting for this story of a 12-year-old African-American girl who, along with her white friends, tries to ease increasing racial tensions.

Mississippi in the early '60s is the setting for this story of young friends who cross racial waters in attempts to ease deep-rooted, and increasing, racial tensions where they live. America mid-century was broiling in racial conflict, and overcoming such odds and adversity took tenacious effort.—Ryan Nahigian