Chicago, the Seventies. Life is tough when youâre an orphan in the streets â and even more so if youâre black. Little Jones, 10, doesnât even know her real name. All she has is a brother who flirts with the Black Panthers, a streak of cunning and determination a mile wide, and a dream: that of some day enlisting into the Army. A chance encounter with war hero Major Whittaker will change her life forever...
Chicago, the Seventies. Life is tough when youâre an orphan in the streets â and even more so if youâre black. Little Jones, 10, doesnât even know her real name. All she has is a brother who flirts with the Black Panthers, a streak of cunning and determination a mile wide, and a dream: that of some day enlisting into the Army. A chance encounter with war hero Major Whittaker will change her life forever...