During a terrible heat wave in 1991—the worst in a decade—nine-year-old Anton has been locked in an apartment in the projects, alone, for seven days, without air conditioning or a fan. With no electricity, the refrigerator and lights do not work. Hot, hungry, and desperate, Anton shatters a window and climbs out, cutting his leg on the broken glass. He is covered in blood when the police find him.Juanita, his mother, is found in a crack house ...
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