From the Publisher"Caleb is compelling and believable, and Dudley's rich writing is impressive, clearly showing the various wars black Americans were fighting in the 1940s, both abroad and closer to home."—School Library Journal
Children's Literature
- Elizabeth D. Schafer
African-American teenager Caleb Brown faces battles around his Toad Hop, Georgia community during the summer of 1944. He resents racial intolerance and social expectations for him to conform to the demands of whites. Caleb retaliates with vandalism, fights bullies, and yearns for respect. He is curious about Camp Davis, the prisoner of war (POW) camp for captured Germans located in the countryside and worries about his brother Randall, who is a soldier serving with segregated troops in Europe.
