Twenty-One Boxes : Robin's Story and the Tragedy of the Edenton Seven

Summary: "In 1989, the Little Rascals Day Care in Edenton, North Carolina, was suddenly thrust into the national spotlight.... Rumors quickly morphed into charges of unimaginable crimes against dozens of children. Panic consumed the town, as police, therapists, and parents relentlessly pressured the children who attended the day care to name their teachers responsible for multiple allegations of abuse. The Edenton Seven were caught up in the accusations, including nineteen-year-old teacher Robin Boles Byrum.... Eerily reminiscent of the hysteria that gripped Salem, Massachusetts, during the witch trials of the seventeenth century, the Little Rascals case ultimately became the longest and most expensive criminal trial in North Carolina history. Three decades later, Betsy Hester met Robin Byrum Couto and together, they joined forces to tell the truth." -- dust jacket.