Mildred D. Taylor
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Multi-award winning American author who wrote a series of books about the Logan family.
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The Land: Book 1 of Logan Family
Mildred D. Taylor
Living in the South in the not-so-distant past, the Logans are the only black family to own farmland, while most of their black neighbors are sharecroppers on white-owned land. But where did this valuable legacy come from?
The Friendship: Book 5 of Logan Family
Mildred D. Taylor, Max Ginsberg
Cassie Logan and her brothers have been warned never to go to the Wallace store, so they know to expect trouble there. What they don’t expect is to hear Mr. Tom Bee, an elderly black man, daring to call the white storekeeper by his first name. The year is 1933, the place is Mississippi, and any child knows that some things just aren’t done…
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Book 6 of Logan Family
Mildred D. Taylor
This is a remarkably moving novel-one that has impressed the hearts and minds of millions of readers. Set in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, it is the story of one family’s struggle to maintain their integrity, pride, and independence in the face of racism and social injustice. And, too, it is 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.
The Road to Memphis: Book 8 of Logan Family
Mildred D. Taylor
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.
Let the Circle Be Unbroken: Book 7 of Logan Family
Mildred D. Taylor
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.
Mildred D. Taylor
A series of novel for children and young adults about the Logan family living in Mississippi.
Mississippi Bridge: Book 3 of Logan Family
Mildred D. Taylor
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.
Song of the Trees: Book 4 of Logan Family
Mildred D. Taylor
First published in 1975. 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.
The Well: David's Story: Book 2 of Logan Family
Mildred D. Taylor
In Mississippi in the early 1900s ten-year-old David Logan's family generously shares their well water with both white and black neighbors in an atmosphere of potential racial violence.- 9 works
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