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Oct.18.2009
Bound to a chair, hands tied, face covered in a burlap sack, five-year old Tibias Ivory    — the illegitimate, bi-racial son of Bethany Ivory, the daughter of the small, southern town of Principle’s leading preacher and a murdered, black, high-school superstar, Mahognus “Hog” Worthington— has had the innocence of his young life ripped away by the depths of bigotry and degradation...
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Apr.05.2005
In the southern town of Principle, men work hard, women care for their families, and children laugh under placid skies as they watch kites dance on a warm prevailing wind. Everyone has a role; everyone knows their place; and most are content for things to remain as they are, and always have been— idyllic. There is no expectation of anything different, until two teenagers, Hog...