The land

Description:

The son of a prosperous landowner and a former slave, Paul-Edward Logan is unlike any other boy he knows. His white father has acknowledged him and raised him openly-something unusual in post-Civil War Georgia. But as he grows into a man he learns that life for someone like him is not easy. Black people distrust him because he looks white. White people discriminate against him when they learn of his black heritage. Even within his own family he faces betrayal and degradation. So at the age of fourteen, he sets out toward the only dream he has ever had: to find land every bit as good as his father's, and make it his own. Once again inspired by her own history, Ms. Taylor brings truth and power to the newest addition to the award-winning Logan family stories.

subjects: Race relations,  Young adult fiction,  Logan family (Fictitious characters : Taylor),  Racially mixed people,  Juvenile fiction,  Coretta Scott King Award,  Prejudices,  Fiction,  Afro-Americans,  African Americans,  Autobiographical fiction,  Historical fiction,  Reading Level-Grade 7,  Reading Level-Grade 9,  Reading Level-Grade 8,  Reading Level-Grade 11,  Reading Level-Grade 10,  Reading Level-Grade 12,  Children's fiction,  Southern states, fiction,  Family life, fiction,  Racially mixed people, fiction,  African americans, fiction,  Prejudices, fiction,  Race relations, fiction

Places: Southern States

Times: Civil rights