Title: The 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.
Subjects: Family, Juvenile fiction, Family life, Slavery, Fiction, Twins, Baptism, African Americans, History, Families, Children's fiction, Twins, fiction, Family life, fiction, African americans, fiction, Slavery, fiction, North carolina, fiction
Places: North Carolina
Time periods: 20th century