Mildred D. Taylor
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Series
Logan family (Mildred D. Taylor) volume 9
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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When she returns to her home in Mississippi after finishing law school, Cassie Logan becomes involved in voter registration drives and other aspects of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
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Logan family (Mildred D. Taylor) volume 1
Language
English
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During the Depression, a rural black family deeply attached to the forest on their land tries to save it from being cut down by an unscrupulous white man.
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Logan family (Mildred D. Taylor) volume 5
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English
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Sadistically teased by two white boys in 1940's rural Mississippi, a black youth severely injures one of the boys with a tire iron and enlists Cassie's help in trying to flee the state.
5) The land
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Logan family (Mildred D. Taylor) volume 8
Language
English
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After the Civil War Paul, the son of a white father and a black mother finds himself caught between the two worlds of colored folks and white folks as he pursues his dream of owning land of his own.
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Logan family (Mildred D. Taylor) volume 3
Language
English
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Four black children growing up in rural Mississippi during the Depression experience racial antagonisms and hard times, but learn from their parents the pride and self-respect they need to survive.
7) The Well
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Logan family (Mildred D. Taylor) volume 7
Language
English
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Another powerful story in the Logan Family Saga and companion to Mildred D. Taylor's Newbery Award-winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.
For David Logan, a time of distress means taking the higher road.
During a drought, the Logan family shares their well water with their neighbors, black and white alike. But David’s brother Hammer finds it hard to share with Charlie Simms, who torments them because...
For David Logan, a time of distress means taking the higher road.
During a drought, the Logan family shares their well water with their neighbors, black and white alike. But David’s brother Hammer finds it hard to share with Charlie Simms, who torments them because...
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Logan family (Mildred D. Taylor) volume 6
Language
English
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During a heavy rainstorm in 1930s rural Mississippi, a ten-year-old white boy sees a bus driver order all the black passengers off a crowded bus to make room for late-arriving white passengers and then set off across the raging Rosa Lee River.
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Series
Logan family (Mildred D. Taylor) volume 4
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
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Cassie witnesses a black man address a white storekeeper by his first name.
"A powerful story . . .Readers will be haunted by its drama and emotion long after they have closed the book." —Booklist
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Español
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Por que es la tierra tan importante para la familia de Cassie? Los acontecimientos de un ano agitado--el ano de los hombres de la noche y de los incendios, el ano en que una muchacha blanca humillo a Cassie en publico porque era negra--sirvieron para que Cassie se diera cuenta de que tener un lugar propio constituye el alma de la familia Logan. El valor y el orgullo de los Logan se los da la tierra, porque sin importar cuanto los puedan subestimar,...
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Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Another powerful story in the Logan Family Saga and companion to Mildred D. Taylor's Newbery Award-winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.
A drive South becomes dangerous for ‘lois and her family.
'Lois and Wilma are proud of their father's brand-new gold Cadillac, and excited that the family will be driving it all the way from Ohio to Mississippi. But as they travel deeper into the rural South, there are...
A drive South becomes dangerous for ‘lois and her family.
'Lois and Wilma are proud of their father's brand-new gold Cadillac, and excited that the family will be driving it all the way from Ohio to Mississippi. But as they travel deeper into the rural South, there are...