The Mississippi of the 1930s is a hard place for a black child to grow up in and Cassie finds it difficult to understand why the farm means so much to her father. But, as she witnesses the hatred and destruction around her, she begins to learn the importance of fighting for your principles.
School & Library Binding
(Turtleback Books, Oct. 1, 1991)
FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Cassie Logan is an independent girl who discovers 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.
A black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand.