A Painted House

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: Bantam
Published: 02/03/2004
ISBN: 9780385337939
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.40w x 0.82d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 46843 / Painted House
Reading Level: 5.8 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 19