A hood ornament in the No-Jesus Christmas parade
by Jill McCorkle · 2009
In a small East Texas town largely ruled by prejudices and bullies, fourteen-year-old Austin sets out to win a ride in the next parade and, in the process, grows in her understanding of friendship and helps her widowed mother through her mourning.
BulliesFictionFriendshipFuture Farmers of AmericaGriefMothers and daughtersPrejudicesSelf-confidenceChildren's fictionSelf-confidence, fictionBullies, fictionGrief, fiction