The breaking TV news rocks Jasper, Texas, to the core : a white police officer is fatally shot in a scuffle with three black youths - and a cellphone video captures Jamal Jones, the sixteen-year-old son of esteemed Reverend Elton Jones, escalting the encounter. Now, as the national spotlight shines on a town rife with racial tension, Jamal is a murder suspect on the run. And all of Jasper - even the Reverend's congregation - rushes to judge the boy they thought they knew, but Gloria Jones, who knows him best, races to find her son.

Includes reader's group guide (pages 435- 444) Originally published : New York : Gallery Books, 2015.