*include explicit content* Plot: The Montana sun hung low over the plains, casting long shadows across the dirt roads and wide-open fields. Azusa Black moved carefully along the path to her grandmother house, her city-bred instincts keeping her alert. She had come from Los Angeles to spend the summer with her grandmother. She wanted to see her grandmother again before her senior year of high school, and to learn more about her African American roots in a place like Montana —but even with purpose in her steps, the unfamiliar vastness of the land made her feel small.