Trouble brews between the North and the South over the issue of slavery, which Rosemary knows is wrong even though she loves her Southern friends. War is declared and Rosemary's loyalties are put to the test. Disaster strikes as Vicksburg comes under fire. Now Rosemary faces a crucial test of her own courage. In the summer of 1910, Rap and his Aunt Spicy board a train bound for Athabasca, Canada.
Rap is both horrified and afraid.
For the first time, he must face the reality of growing up black in a white man's world. Erika feels that he has betrayed her. She wants to smash things. She wants to scream. As she goes through the pain of her father's problems, Erika learns that people make mistakes, sometimes very bad ones, but that you can love them in spite of their mistakes and learn to forgive them.