Well and truly hooked

wa `alaykum as salaam wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh!

I know what you mean… it made me cry too! As someone who grew up as a minority (though not with the backdrop of slavery and prejudice of such cruel degree), I identify so much with African-American history.

I don’t know if the character of Jeremy Simms (the sympathetic White boy who wanted to live in the tree) interested you – Mississippi Bridge is his story (albeit a short one).