Absent On School Picture Day

Each Spring a new graduating class walks across the Douglas County High School football field prepared to conquer the world and make a footprint. That is, until one class’s hopes and dreams are prematurely stolen from them. Words spoken on a seemingly normal day in winter 1998 affect the lives of a senior English class forever. Told from the perspective of Anneewakee McWhorter and her classmates, the novel bears witness to a period of rapid change in Metro Atlanta's history.