This novel is about a boy named David and the life-changing events which happen to him one summer. David tells the story of his uncle Frank murdering his housekeeper, an Indian. David's dad, the sheriff, has to arrest Frank, his own brother, for the murder. The crisis of the story occurs when David's uncle commits suicide by cutting his wrists with broken glass from the canning jars on the shelves in David's basement.The novel ends with David summarizing the changes which happen after that incident. David's life is never going to be the same after that summer.

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