When Sounds Collide

When Sounds Collide is a richly layered story of love and ambition set against the backdrop of the American South in the late 1800s.

Custis-a gifted, Black, ten-year-old boy orphaned and left for dead-is discovered by a young White girl. Sarah Tennison hasn't spoken a word since her mother died. Nursed back to health and raised by Sarah's widowed father, Custis is sheltered from community biases and anti-literacy laws. In the safety of the Tennison home, his bright mind has room to flourish ...