American Fiction Awards Finalist. American Book Fest, 2024

When you’re the new white kid in an Oklahoma town hemorrhaging with racial and class divisions, accidentally taking the wallet from a dead black man isn’t a simple matter. James embarks on a tortuous journey to navigate tensions in the town while trying to correct the mistake he never should have made. His efforts are hampered by his inability to understand racial prejudice and by those who refuse to let him cross entrenched racial and class barriers. When James’s only friend his age, an African-American girl, is targeted by both the white and the black kids, James is forced to confront the darkness lurking within his own soul.

Walls of Glass is a story of forbidden friendship, failure, and redemption perfect for readers of Angie Thompson, The Hate U Give and Tomi Adeyemi Children of Blood and Bone.