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Until that September of 1952, Luke Chandler had never kept a secret or told a single lie. But in the long, hot summer of his seventh year, two groups of migrant workers--and two very dangerous men--came through the Arkansas Delta to work the Chandler cotton farm. And suddenly mysteries are flooding Luke's world. A brutal murder leaves the town seething in gossip and suspicion. A beautiful young woman ignites forbidden passions. A fatherless baby is born. And someone has begun furtively painting the bare clapboards of the Chandler farmhouse, slowly, painstakingly, bathing the run-down structure in gleaming white. And as young Luke watches the world around him, he unravels secrets that could shatter lives--and change his family and his town forever.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Dell
Published: 02/28/2012
ISBN: 9780345532046
Pages: 465
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 7.54h x 4.31w x 1.15d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 46843 / Painted House
Reading Level: 5.8 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 19