Books with title The Land: Prequel to Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Set in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, this is the story of one family's struggle to maintain their integrity, pride, and independence in the face of racism and social injustice. And it is also Cassie's story--Cassie Logan, an independent girl who discovers over the course of an important year why having land of their own is so crucial to the Logan family, even as she learns to draw strength from her own sense of dignity and self-respect.

Read by Lynne ThigpenApprox. 8 hours6 cassettesWhy is the land so important to Cassie's family? It takes the events of one turbulent year--the year of the night riders and the burnings, the year a white girl humiliates Cassie in public simply because she is black--to show Cassie that having a place of their own is the Logan family's lifeblood. It is the land that gives the Logans their courage and pride, for no matter how others may degrade them, the Logans possess something no one can take away.

"The vivid story of a black family whose warm ties to each other and their land give them strength to defy rural Southern racism during the Depression. . . . Entirely through its own internal development, the novel shows the rich inner rewards of black pride, love, and independence despite the certainty of outer defeat." —Booklist (starred review) * Newbery Medal Award * American Book Award Honor Book * An ALA Notable Book * A NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies * A Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book

94217 (6 cassettes/8 hours). P 1994 Recorded Books, Inc. "Cassie Logan doesn't fully understand why the land is so important to her family. All she knows is that it has always been that way. Those 200 acres of Mississippi cotton land, bought by her Grandfather in 1887, were more precious than gold, and as gragile as freedom. But it is 1933 now, and times are hard. To pay off the yearly land taxes, Cassie's father has gone north to work on the railroad, while at home Cassie's Mama teaches school and tends to the farm. Casie and her brothers make do with patches and hand-me-downs, but they take comfort in the thought that come what may, they will always have the land. That year, 1933, will be one Cassie wil never forget. Night riders will come bearing torches and their special brand of hatred, a white girl will try to steal Cassie's dignity, and the farm will almost fall into the hands of the creditors. In the end, Cassie discovers that there is something even more valuable than the la