This short story captures the innocence of youth when a nine-year-old boy in 1966 decides to hitchhike for the first time. Narrated in his voice, the boy realizes he has broken his father's stern rule, but bargains for a lot more when he is picked up by a man with a prison past. Captivating, literary, and recommended for adult, and young adult reading. It will keep you on the seat of an old Chrysler riding shotgun inches from a man you know little about. A lesson to be learned.
