The Baptism

By Shelia P. Moses

Subjects: Twins, African Americans, Family life, fiction, African americans, fiction, Slavery, fiction, Families, Slavery, Family, Fiction, Children's fiction, Juvenile fiction, History, Twins, fiction, North carolina, fiction, Family life, Baptism

Description: In twentieth-century Occoneechee Neck, North Carolina--an area still affected by its history of slavery--twelve-year-old Leon Curry reflects about whether he wants to give up sinning to be baptized alongside his twin brother.