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By M. Douglas Mann
Ed Mason, whose relations has lived in Burlington for generations, has polio. by means of 1958, whilst he's in his teenagers, he's susceptible, walks with a limp, and wears thick-lens eyeglasses. And while Ed, who's white, is overwhelmed by means of 4 black boys, he can't guard himself—but another person can.
Burt Mason, a black teenager, steps in and rescues Ed. Burt stocks greater than Ed’s final identify. He himself was once in an identical scenario a yr in the past: abducted by way of white males, he was once kept from definite dying through different white males, Ed’s grandfathers. even supposing Burt’s family members used to be thankful for his secure go back, they refused to document the problem to the police. whilst Burt requested why, he discovered in regards to the Burlington contract and his family’s pivotal position in honoring it.
Now it really is Ed’s flip to find the Burlington Agreement—and his dating to Burt. yet Ed is resigned to residing with polio. with no the physicality had to dominate confrontational adversaries, he doubts his skill to uphold this historic compact. whilst his mom explains the contract and the historical past of the city, even though, Ed is aware he can't stay silent.
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