How can the Wizard of Oz be at once such a fake and so wise? He is a phony hiding behind smoke and mirrors; how can he see into the Tin Man’s heart? Or pin a medal to the Lion’s courage and recognize the Scarecrow’s braininess?
The summer of 1964 is a time of change in Hanging Moss, Miss.
Ten-year-old August has only one wish—to have a normal face that no one would notice.