![]() ![]() Ernie excels in sports, but Sam flounders in finding his purpose. ![]() Sam, Ernie, and Mickie navigate the turbulent waters of adolescence before separating into two different high schools. David savagely beats Sam and is expelled from school, but even after Sam is rid of his torturer, there remain emotional scars. Sam suffers under the strict rule of the school nuns, especially Sister Beatrice, but he finds an unlikely ally in new girl Mickie Kennedy when they both stand up to the school’s harsh authoritarianism. When Ernie Cantwell, the only Black student at the school, befriends Sam on the playground, the two form an inseparable bond that will last into adulthood. At his mother’s insistence, Sam attends Catholic school and soon finds himself with a new name, “Devil Boy”-and after school bully David Bateman targets him, Sam begins to see his eye color as a curse, not a blessing. From Sam’s first steps to his high school graduation, Madeline carefully documents the milestones of his “extraordinary life.” He begins his childhood happily in the safety of his parents’ unconditional love and acceptance however, once becoming aware of his eyes and how others view him as different, Sam is reluctant to share Madeline’s optimism about his anomaly. Sam’s mother Madeline declares him blessed and refuses to accept his unique condition as anything but a miracle from above. Samuel James Hill is born on March 15, 1957, in Burlingame, California, with a rare condition called ocular albinism causing his irises to look red. ![]()
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