THE END OF THE SIDEWALK

There is something so raw about seeing the world break open through the eyes of a child, and Nancy Schutt McCorkle nails that feeling in THE END OF THE SIDEWALK. Set in 1961 Mississippi, we follow Trudy Scuffer, a girl who just wants a horse for her birthday but ends up getting a front-row seat to the revolution. There is a gutting contrast, one minute Trudy is worrying about junior high friendships, and the next, she’s watching the Freedom Riders roll into Jackson. Trudy’s journey becomes about more than just growing up, it becomes about understanding empathy and where she belongs. It’s a beautiful, heavy, and ultimately hopeful story about finding your own moral compass when the map you were given is broken.