Gus: Based on True Events
- ISBN-10
- 1733913300
- ISBN-13
- 9781733913300
- Series
- Gus
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 108
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-04-10
- Author
- G. S Willis
Description
Being born in 1920's Depression-era Mississippi is a hard life. It can be even harder if you are Black. Gus, born of two worlds, a Black mother and a White father, the law of the times dictated, access to one and not the other.Though he has a loving family, ongoing tensions between him and his mother push Gus to make a critical decision. At twelve years old unbeknownst to his family, Gus leaves home early one morning long before the rooster crows. As dangers and life-threatening encounters that unfold on his journey, he is not wholly prepared for them. Being alone and Black in 1930's Jim Crow Mississippi could often feel like being the hunted. Gus's trials spark an awakening in him. Survival instincts kick in and activate his family's extrasensory gifts. Sleeping abilities that may help to guide him; but all life lessons come at a cost. Will the lessons learned be enough to save him?
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