![]() ![]() In their school, their teacher, Miss Crocker is racist too. ![]() Racism is seen in the very first chapter from the white children’s school bus, spreading dust all over them. They hear about a man nearly being burnt to death by white people, and so violence is already introduced. The Logan children are walking to school. 2016 marked the book’s 40 th anniversary.Īn appropriate book for the start of school season. There have been several different cover designs over the span of time. Jerry Pinkney did the original cover design, and the copy I have is Cassie and her brothers standing on the porch, while a fire blazes behind them, and this cover design is by Max Ginsberg. Unlike Scout in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird who is white, Cassie is black, so deals with first hand racism towards her and her family. This historical fiction, written for children and young adults, deals with the theme of racism in the 1930’s in southern Mississippi and is told from the perspective of Cassie a 9-year-old girl. All the Days Past, All the Days to Come (2020).Let the Circle Be Unbroken (1981) 5.5 The Friendship (1987).Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1976) 4.5 Mississippi Bridge (1990).It was originally published in 1976, by Dial Press. This is the sequel to her novella, Song of the Trees. It is one from her series on the Logan family. National Emerging Writer Programme OverviewĪnother book from my school days is Mildred D. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |