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Jan 05, 2016 | ISBN 9781101993880 | Middle Grade (8-12) Buy
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Jan 05, 2016 | ISBN 9781101993880 | Middle Grade (8-12)
A stunning repackage of Mildred D. Taylor’s Newbery Award-winning masterpiece with cover art by two-time Caldecott Honor Award winner Kadir Nelson and an introduction by Jacqueline Woodson, just in time for its 40th Anniversary! Set in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, this is the story of one family’s struggle to maintain their integrity, pride, and independence in the face of racism and social injustice. And it is also Cassie’s story–Cassie Logan, an independent girl who discovers over the course of an important year why having land of their own is so crucial to the Logan family, even as she learns to draw strength from her own sense of dignity and self-respect.
Mildred D. Taylor is the author of nine novels including The Road to Memphis, Let the Circle Be Unbroken, The Land, and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Her books have won numerous awards, among them a Newbery Medal (for Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry), four… More about Mildred D. Taylor
* “This [novel] grows with convincing detail of character and situation, punctuated by tension-building incidents … Entirely through its own internal development, the novel shows the rich inner rewards of black pride, love, and independence.”–Booklist, starred review“The events and setting of the powerful novel are presented with such verisimilitude and the characters are so carefully drawn that one might assume the book to be autobiographical, if the author were not so young.”–The Horn Book “The strong, clear-headed Logan family… are drawn with quiet affection and their actions tempered with a keen sense of human fallibility.”–Kirkus Reviews, pointer review
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