"This dramatic sequel to Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is a powerful novel . . .capable of touching readers of any age." --The Christian Science Monitor[...]

Cassie Logan, a young black woman in 1940s Mississippi, becomes caught up in a tense confrontation between blacks and whites--three days of turmoil and unrest that will change her life forever. Reprint. Coretta Scott King Award. C. H. SLJ. AB. K.[...]

During a drought, the Logan family shares their well water with all their neighbors, black and white alike. But David and Hammer find it hard to share with Charlie Simms, who torments them because they are black. Hammer's pride and Charlie's meanness are a dangerous mixture, and tensions build and b[...]

Cassie Logan and her brothers make a revealing discovery when an old African-American man calls a white storekeeper by his first name, in a story set in Mississippi in 1933. Reprint. Coretta Scott King Award.[...]

'We have no choice of what colour we're born or who our parents are or whether we're rich or poor. What we do have is some choice over what we make of our lives once we're here'. The Mississippi of the 1930s was a hard place for a black child to grow up in, but still Cassie didn't understand why far[...]

With the depression bearing down on her family and food in short supply, Cassie Logan isn't sure where her next meal will come from. But there is one thing that she knows will always be there-the whispering trees outside her window. Cassie's trees are a steady source of comfort to her, but they also[...]

Luxury was the keyword of the eighteenth century, and the history of luxury links diverse topics of enquiry such as material culture, taste, civility, sensibility, literature, and art. Luxury in the Eighteenth Century explores the political, economic, moral, and intellectual effects of the productio[...]

Jeremy Simms watches from the porch of the general store as the weekly bus from Jackson comes through his town. His neighbor Stacey Logan and Stacey's brothers and sister are there to see their grandmother off on a trip. Jeremy's friend Josias Williams is taking the bus to his new job. But Josias an[...]

The children, especially Cassie, are happy in their warm, stable family but outside is a climate of fear and tension. Their friend TJ goes on trial for murder and stands before an all-white jury. Cousin Suzella tries to pass for white, with humiliating consequences. Cassie realizes what it means to [...]