The gold Cadillac

Description:

This book is another powerful story in the Logan Family Saga and companion to Mildred D. Taylor's Newbery Award-winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. A drive South becomes dangerous for 'Lois and her family. 'Lois and Wilma are proud of their father's brand-new gold Cadillac, and excited that the family will be driving it all the way from Ohio to Mississippi. But as they travel deeper into the rural South, there are no admiring glances for the shiny new car; only suspicion and anger for the black man behind the wheel. For the first time in their lives, Lois and her sister know what it's like to feel scared because of the color of their skin. - Publisher. Two black girls living in the North are proud of their family's beautiful new Cadillac until they take it on a visit to the South and encounter racial prejudice for the first time.

subjects: Southern States in fiction,  Race relations,  Prejudices in fiction,  Juvenile fiction,  Race relations in fiction,  Prejudices,  Fiction,  African Americans in fiction,  African Americans,  American Detective and mystery stories,  1000blackgirlbooks,  Children's fiction,  Family life, fiction,  Prejudices, fiction,  Race relations, fiction,  Southern states, fiction,  Automobiles, fiction,  African americans, fiction,  New York Times reviewed

Places: Southern States