Me and Rupert Goody

By Barbara O'Connor

Subjects: Fathers and sons, Large type books, Stores, Retail, Fiction, Racially mixed people, Retail Stores, Mountain life, Juvenile fiction, People with mental disabilities

Description: Eleven-year-old Jennalee is jealous when a slow-thinking black man arrives in her Smoky Mountains community and claims to be the son of Uncle Beau, the owner of the general store and Jennalee's only friend.