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    <body><![CDATA[The Land<br/>Midred D. Taylor<br/>375 pgs.<br/><br/>Have you ever suffered from identity crisis?  Have you ever thought am I to call myself black or am I to call myself white?  Have you ever let society choose your ethnicity for you?  In the land Paul-Edward Logan faced all of these questions.  ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64075993">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[As a teacher, this book was a fantastic read-aloud and excellent for opening discussion about racism and racist language.  The use of the &quot;n&quot; word is challenging and but also presents opportunities to discuss the role of language in discrimination and oppression.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I like Taylor a whole bunch.  Her stories come from her own family, and her stories are told with a tenderness and humor.  Her books are a great way for kids to learn about racism and injustice.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is extremely good, I never put it down for a second. It is the prequel to one of my favorite books ever, Roll of thunder, Hear my Cry by Mildred D. Taylor. The story focuses on Paul-Edward Logan, a mulatto slave born who now lives as a free colored person on his father's land with his moth...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8806926">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Like Roll of Thunder, I loved this book.  It gave a great backstory to how the Logans have ownership of their own land, despite the fact that they are black Americans.  This is the story of Cassie's grandfather and the securing of that land that is so important to the Logans.  I use this as an alter...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46076954">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[  This book was great. It expresses the life of half black, half white people in the United States after the Civil War. The book was very interesting I kept wondering what was going to happen to Paul. The book describes his life from when he was young.  He tells about all the racism he had to go thr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80967826">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the most recent book Taylor wrote, but it is actually the first chronologically of the Logan family saga.  I teach Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry to my 8th graders, and before I read any Mildred Taylor, I mentally groaned at thought of teaching her books.  I'm not sure why, but I had a negativ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79325232">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[WAY better than &quot;Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry&quot; if you ask me.<br/><br/>The conflict in this story seemed a little more real, and not so cliche.  It was a really inspirational story, and it had moments that made me want to cry.  I could especially relate to the characters, which were well...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62581098">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.lib.muohio.edu/multifacet/record/mu3ugb2895404">King Library, Ground Floor, IMC, Juv PZ7.T21723 Lan 2001</a><br/><br/>Removed from the Turner Elementary School media-center shelves in New Tampa, FL (2008) as age-inappropriate.  A parent challenged the book because the novel contains a racial epithet.  The book was a 2002 Coretta Scott King Author A...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71546864">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Themes:  Family, oppression, inequality, prejudice, connection to the land, and loyalty.<br/><br/>It flowed well and really caught me up in his triumphs and emotional lows.  Though some very violent scenes occurred and jarring language was used, they were written in such a way they were not disgus...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14495177">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had to read this one for ila and I did not like it at the beginning but I did enjoy during the end. It would be considered a book that I would pick up and start reading on my own. I di learn a lot more of the jim crow laws in this book. It gave me a different perspective of the time after the civi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40073263">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think one of the more interesting things about this book and its sequel is how interconnected the people are.  People really were (and are) shaped a lot by their environments and experiences.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book for many reasons but the best thing about it was seeing the main character grow up. It was a great story, with wonderful characters. I highly recomend it. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book thoroughly explains how the Logan family (Papa) acquired the land that is so precious to them. I love continuing stories, and this prequel did not disappoint me!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first installment of Taylor's series about the Logan family.  Beautifully written and full of insight about slavery and the world of the South following emancipation.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read this for my Scott O'Dell assignment. It's the prequel to Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry. I have not read it but after reading this I would like too. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was one of my favorites! This book talks alot about the struggles black people faced even after they were given there freedom. My favorite character is a black boy named Mitchel, I like him because has a stronge sense of self value. He realizes taht just because he is black doesn't make hi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51689490">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The story of Paul, who leaves his white father's land and Black mother's home to find make his own way in the post-Civil War south as a mixed young man. His dream is to own land as beautiful as his father's. Prequel to the Logan family stories (Roll of Thunder et al)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am really enjoying this book so far.<br/>A touching story about a young slave boy split between two worlds.]]></body>
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