Clouds Over Black Beach

<p>On a warmer than usual spring day Alex a fifteen-year-old mixed-race boy hitchhiked his way from North Minneapolis to Duluth Minnesota. His mother was dead-a victim of cancer and his father left him with only a note to find his grandfather in Silver Bay. Maybe he could take you in it said. Alex had never met his grandfather. In fact his grandfather never even knew he existed. His father whom he called Pete was estranged from Alex's grandfather and had not communicated with him for over twenty years. Conflict with peers in school racism a young Anishinaabe girl and a bitter man intent upon revenge crisscross his new life in Silver Bay. Two individuals one young one old experience a rocky start to their newfound relationship and discover in the end they may need each other.</p>