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When their mother has to go into the hospital, two brothers are sent to a church home, where Tommy not only feels responsible for his younger brother but also is drawn to a boy who is dying of tuberculosis.
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1 edition- Other · English · 1995Little, Brown · 136 pages · 9780316329057
FictionFoster home careAfrican AmericansBrothersSingle-parent familiesJuvenile fictionChildren's fictionFoster home care, fiction