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It's 1984. Curses aren't real.
The trailer park is livable, and he will probably survive high school, but his asthma is getting worse, and then there is the curse...
Mom says it isn't real, but dad died right on time. It's hard not to think you're next.
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JP McCollum delivers a mystery from the deep south where the answers almost always come from history.
Even in 1984, a black girl and a white boy earn dirty looks and plenty of suspicion in Dawson County, Georgia. Hale doesn't care; even his breathing feels better when he's with Charlotte. For the first time since his dad died, he has hope that maybe his curse can be broken. With the help of a reporter who digs into his family history, he may find the answer, but he will also have to face some uncomfortable truths that could devastate Charlotte.
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