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"You have to accept the fact that in the world outside this house, things are not always as we would have them to be.”
In this coming-of-age Newbery-winner, Cassie Logan discovers the harsh realities of being Black in the Jim Crow-era South. There are a lot of scenes that will stay with me: the discarded books that the Black children have to use, the Logan siblings thwarting a school bus full of white kids, Cassie getting her revenge on Lillian Jean. The ending is really intense for a children's ...more
In this coming-of-age Newbery-winner, Cassie Logan discovers the harsh realities of being Black in the Jim Crow-era South. There are a lot of scenes that will stay with me: the discarded books that the Black children have to use, the Logan siblings thwarting a school bus full of white kids, Cassie getting her revenge on Lillian Jean. The ending is really intense for a children's ...more
This was hard to read but a very strong, moving story.
Jul 17, 2008
Allison
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it was amazing
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children-young-adult-books
Nov 22, 2009
Mandy Hornsby
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Lauren
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Dawn
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Katie
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Heather L
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Jul 30, 2020
Anna
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it was amazing
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general-fiction,
middle-grade,
classic,
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fiction,
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black-authors
Nov 18, 2020
Teresa Rush
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