Jo's preacher father accepts a post in Jericho, Alabama, and is not prepared for 1950s-style racism and hatred she encounters after she becomes friends with a young African-American boy.
In 1957, when her preacher father accepts a post in Jericho, Alabama, Jo wants to fit in but her growing friendship with an African-American boy forces her to confront the racism of the South and to reconsider her own values.
