A 13-year-old in 1958 East Texas uncovers buried murders and dark town secrets in a tense coming-of-age mystery of racism and lost innocence.
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A 13-year-old in 1958 East Texas uncovers buried murders and dark town secrets in a tense coming-of-age mystery of racism and lost innocence.
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It is the summer of 1958 in Dewmont, Texas, a town the great American postwar boom passed by. The kids listen idly to rockabilly on the radio and waste their weekends at the Dairy Queen. And an undetected menace simmers under the heat that clings to the skin like molasses... For thirteen-year-old Stanley Mitchell, the end of innocence comes with his discovery of the mysterious long-ago demise of two very different young women. In his quest to unravel the truth about their tragic fates, Stanley f...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Mature sexual themes, perversion tied to crimes; coming-of-age sexual awareness
Violence & gore
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Murders of young women; harrowing peril and violent confrontations
Profanity
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Strong language and period racial slurs; offensive dialect throughout
Substance use
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No evidence found in available sources
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Murdered young women in a same-sex relationship central to the mystery
Religious content
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Religious mania among gothic period elements and character portrayals
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonic content present
Political content
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Central focus on 1950s segregation, racism, and social cruelty
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
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Murders; sexual violence themes; racism and systemic cruelty depicted
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