Mildred D Taylor
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A black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand.
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Logan family (Mildred D. Taylor) volume 3
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English
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"This dramatic sequel to Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is a powerful novel - capable of touching readers of any age."
"Winner of the Coretta Scott King Award ; An ALA Best Book for Young Adults ; An NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Book in the Field of Social Studies ; Nominated for the National Book Award."
3) The land
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Logan family (Mildred D. Taylor) volume 8
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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 1
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English
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With money and food in short supply because of the world depression, the huge old trees outside Cassie's window are a source of beauty and comfort - They are also worth a lot of money- It seems as though no one can stop Mr Anderson from forcing Big Ma to sell the trees to him - What can Cassie do to stop them being destroyed?
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Logan family (Mildred D. Taylor) volume 6
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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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Logan family (Mildred D. Taylor) volume 4
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English
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Four children witness a confrontation between an elderly black man and a white storekeeper in rural Mississippi in the 1930s.
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Logan family (Mildred D. Taylor) volume 7
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English
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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.
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