This coming-of-age historical fiction novel follows Junie, a sixteen-year-old girl enslaved on a plantation in Alabama. When wealthy guests arrive from New Orleans and threaten life as she knows it, Junie commits a desperate act—one that rouses her deceased sister Minnie’s spirit from the grave. A lover of the arts, literature, family, and friendship, Junie's story is an essential window into the multifaceted reality of the enslaved.