Books by Mildred D. Taylor and Complete Book Reviews
Mildred D. Taylor, Author . Penguin Putnam/Fogelman $17.99 (375p) ISBN 978-0-8037-1950-7
Taylor's gift for combining history and storytelling are as evident here as in her other stories about the Logan family. This prequel to Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
focuses on Cassie's grandfather, Paul-Edward Logan, and explains how the...
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Mildred D. Taylor, Author Puffin Books $6.99 (290p) ISBN 978-0-14-036077-6
The Newbery Medalist's third powerful entry in the Logan family saga concerns 17-year-old Cassie's involvement in civil rights. Ages 10-14. (June)
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Mildred D. Taylor, Author Puffin Books $5.99 (96p) ISBN 978-0-14-038642-4
Praising the fully developed characters, PW said that this prequel to Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry ""skillfully delivers powerful messages about racism and moral fortitude."" Ages 8-12. (Sept.)
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Mildred D. Taylor, Author Skylark Books $3.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-15765-9
The Friendship , set in Mississippi in 1933, relates the unexpected consequences when Cassie Logan, the heroine of Taylor's Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry , sees a black customer call a white storekeeper by his first name. In The Gold Cadillac , a...
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Mildred D. Taylor, Author Dial Books $16.99 (96p) ISBN 978-0-8037-1802-9
Taylor's compact novella revisits the long-suffering Logan family, this time focusing on the boyhood of David (father of Cassie Logan from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry) In the early 1900s, all the wells in their part of Mississippi have run dry-all...
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Mildred D. Taylor, Author, Phyllis J. Fogelman, Editor Dial Books $18.99 (30p) ISBN 978-0-8037-0340-7
In the tradition of Maya Angelou and Alice Walker, Taylor uses powerful, vibrant prose to express the sentiments of a young black Southerner, as the Newbery Medalist continues the story of Cassie Logan. The year is 1941, and 17-year-old Cassie...
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Mildred D. Taylor, Author, Max Ginsburg, Illustrator Skylark Books $4.99 (64p) ISBN 978-0-553-15992-9
The Newbery Medalist reprises the Logan family in telling a powerful story about the segregated South of the 1930s. Ages 7-11. (July)
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Mildred D. Taylor, Author, Michael Hays, Illustrator Puffin Books $5.99 (43p) ISBN 978-0-14-038963-0
-038964-4. Two novels by a Newbery Medalist address racial prejudice. In The Gold Cadillac, an African American family driving South in their new 1950 car encounters suspicion and segregation. In The Friendship, Cassie Logan of Roll of Thunder, Hear
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