Lunch-Box Dream

Written by Tony Abbott

A bus ride reveals hidden struggles and challenges racial assumptions.

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192 pages· 800L

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Bookroo's summary

Bobby's family trip to Civil War sites takes a turn when an accident forces them onto a bus, where they witness racial tensions unfold. Unbeknownst to them, a black family's urgency to board hides a deeper crisis—their child is missing. As Bobby observes these events, he begins to question his own prejudices. This journey through Jim Crow-era America challenges him to see beyond his assumptions. Will he understand the true cost of segregation and racism, or remain a silent witness to injustice?

From the publisher

Bobby and his family are visiting Civil War battlefields on the eve of the war’s centenary, while inside their car, quiet battles rage. When an accident cuts their trip short, they return home on a bus and witness an incident that threatens to deny a black family seats. What they don’t know is the reason for the family’s desperation to be on that bus: a few towns away, their child is missing. In Lunch-Box Dream Tony Abbott presents Jim Crow, racism, and segregation from multiple perspectives. In this story of witnessing without understanding, a naïvely prejudiced boy, in brief flashes of insight, starts to identify and question his assumptions about race.

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