Mildred D. Taylor’s Newbery Award-winning masterpiece with an launch written and examine by Jacqueline Woodson, simply in time because of its 40th Anniversary!

Occur Mississippi at the height of the Depression, this is the story of 1 family’s struggle to maintain their integrity, pride, and independence when confronted with racism and social injustice. Which is also Cassie’s story–Cassie Logan, an independent woman who discovers over the course of an important calendar year why having land of their own is so crucial to the Logan family, even as she learns to draw strength from her very own feeling of dignity and self-respect.