Southern Cross the Dog

Southern Cross the Dog is by Bill Cheng. A strange and compelling historical fiction multi-cultural novel. The young children and their families are caught in a great flood in 1927. Robert Chatham, and the two others, embark on an odyssey which leads them throughout the South of the late 1920s to the early 1940s. This book is a powerful look at what it was to be black and poor in the Deep South during the Great Depression. When Robert is brought back together with his two friends at the end of the novel, it is distressing and sad. 

Ratings: Adult - 6 out of 10 - P (profanity) - AC (mature thematic content) - V (violence).