By Diane Lee Wilson
"There’s a rumor that a Civil War may be erupting in the United States and that slavery may end soon, but twelve-year-old Colton Westcott is dealing with prejudice on a much more personal level. After his father abandons the family, Colton takes a job with the Pony Express to take care of his sick mother and two sisters. The son of a white father and a black mother, Colton will have to “pass” for white or risk deadly consequences. And the stakes are high -- he must deliver the freedom papers for his aunt, a runaway slave living in California."
