Books like Me and Jim Luke by Robbie Branscum

Name: Me and Jim Luke
Author: Robbie Branscum

When they discover the Klan is responsible for the dead man they found stuffed in a hollow tree, two boys find their own lives endangered.

First publish date: 1971

Authors: Robbie Branscum

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