AROUND THERE ON SOUTH FOURTH STREET reveals just such tales and secrets that focus on the happenings of three youngsters; Joy, Jamaal, and Glenda, as well as Joy's grandparents, Eva and Pervis Tazell. You'll be endeared by the mysterious and mystical character of T. J. Jones and his mule, Josie. TJ's physical appearance, secretive actions, broken English, all leave you to wonder how he seems to always be around just at the right moment. His kindliness clenches the mind and leaves you in awe. Joy, Glenda, and Jamaal share adventures together with TJ that will leave imprints on their lives and memories forever. It tells the misery of a little girl, Joy, who encounters physical and sexual trauma brought on by her father. His deviousness leads to the death of her mother. Angry, loneliness, and bitterness embrace her soul, but she is rescued by the love of her godly grandparents who live in Suffolk, Virginia. When the school bell rings out the last day of the school year, Joy journeys by train, and now her grandparents' home becomes a huge historical playground. Suffolk is a southern city where mysteries are unraveled, problems seem to disappear, and wonderings are finally satisfied and rested. It is a place where old friends meet new friends, traditions are keenly observed while old buildings stand quietly and majestically as if wordlessly guarding age-old secrets. It is a place forests, fields, long-ago tales, playful adventures, plots, and enchantments seem to blossom each day. Suffolk is definitely a city of blood curdling mystery. Find out for yourself.