By M. Douglas Mann
Ed Mason, whose relations has lived in Burlington for generations, has polio. by way of 1958, while he's in his adolescents, he's susceptible, walks with a limp, and wears thick-lens eyeglasses. And while Ed, who's white, is overwhelmed by means of 4 black boys, he can't shield himself—but another individual can.
Burt Mason, a black teenager, steps in and rescues Ed. Burt stocks greater than Ed’s final identify. He himself was once in an analogous scenario a 12 months in the past: abducted through white males, he was once stored from sure demise through different white males, Ed’s grandfathers. even if Burt’s family members used to be thankful for his secure go back, they refused to document the problem to the police. while Burt requested why, he discovered concerning the Burlington contract and his family’s pivotal function in honoring it.
Now it's Ed’s flip to find the Burlington Agreement—and his dating to Burt. yet Ed is resigned to residing with polio. with out the physicality had to dominate confrontational adversaries, he doubts his skill to uphold this historic compact. while his mom explains the contract and the background of town, notwithstanding, Ed understands he can't stay silent.
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