Take a Giant Step
by Louis Peterson

An African-American boy is emerging into an bewildering adult world.

He senses a growing estrangement from his white playmates and is expelled from school.

Lonely and confused, he ends up in a saloon being propositioned by a harlot.

Fleeing home feeling beaten, he receives an unforgettable scolding, becomes ill, and unburdens his heart to the family maid.

She provides new experiences that allow his coming of age.