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The Friendship (Logan Family Saga, 5) Paperback – February 1, 1998

by Mildred D. Taylor (Author), Max Ginsburg (Illustrator)
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Another powerful story in the Logan Family Saga and companion to Mildred D. Taylor's Newbery Award-winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.

Cassie Logan and her brothers have been warned never to go to the Wallace store. 

So they know to expect trouble there. What they don’t expect is to hear Mr. Tom Bee, an elderly black man, daring to call the white storekeeper by his first name. The year is 1933, the place is Mississippi, and any child knows that some things just aren’t done. Can a shared past between the two men make a difference?
 

"A powerful story…Readers will be haunted by its drama and emotion long after they have closed the book."—Booklist
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  1. Reading age
    10 years and up
  2. Book 5 of 6
    Logans
  3. Print length
    80 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Grade level
    5 - 4
  6. Lexile measure
    750L
  7. Dimensions
    7.76 x 5.08 x 0.18 inches
  8. Publisher
    Puffin Books
  9. Publication date
    February 1, 1998
  10. ISBN-10
    0140389644
  11. ISBN-13
    978-0140389647
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Mildred D. Taylor is the author of nine novels including The Road to Memphis, Let the Circle Be Unbroken, The Land, The Well, and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Her books have won numerous awards, among them a Newbery Medal (for Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry), four Coretta Scott King Awards, and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. Her book The Land was awarded the L.A. Times Book Prize and the PEN Award for Children's Literature. In 2003, Ms. Taylor was named the First Laureate of the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature. Ms. Taylor now devotes her time to her family, writing, and what she terms "the family ranch" in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Puffin Books; Reprint edition (February 1, 1998)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 80 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0140389644
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0140389647
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 10 years and up
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 750L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 5 - 4
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.79 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.76 x 5.08 x 0.18 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 201 ratings

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Mildred DeLois Taylor (born September 13, 1943) is an African-American writer known for her works exploring the struggle faced by African-American families in the Deep South.

Taylor was born in Jackson, Mississippi but lived there only a short amount of time, then moved to Toledo, Ohio, where she spent most of her childhood. She now lives in Colorado with her daughter. She has expressed her views on the Great Depression as an economical crisis, as well as slavery.

Many of her works are based on stories of her family that she heard while growing up. She has stated that these anecdotes became very clear in her mind, and in fact, once she realized that adults talked about the past, "I began to visualize all the family who had once known the land, and I felt as if I knew them, too ..." Taylor has talked about how much history was in the stories; some stories took place during times of slavery and some post-slavery.

Taylor's most famous book is Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. In 1977, the book won the Newbery Medal. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is the middle book, chronologically, in the Logans series that also includes titles such as The Land, Song of the Trees, Let the Circle Be Unbroken, and The Road to Memphis. Her collective contributions to children's literature resulted in her being awarded the inaugural NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature in 2003.

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Elder Hinton
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent reading for Afro Americans
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Loved the book. I read all the books she wrote .
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Brenton Morley
5.0 out of 5 stars As with all her books, this story is from ...
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As with all her books, this story is from the actual life of the author's ancestor. It's very revealing of the way her people had to live in the South in the early part of the 20th century. After slavery, but during Jim Crow days.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Friendship
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After they were found in my building I was pleased
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Rosa Cline
4.0 out of 5 stars Although this book was more for children versus the first book "The Land" was it was still almost just as good. And although she
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This was book #5.5 (book 7) of the Logan series written by Ms Taylor. Although this book was more for children versus the first book "The Land" was it was still almost just as good. And although she didn't write in the beginning of this one this is what she wrote in the first pages of "The Land" and it applies to this book as well... "...Although there are those who wish to ban my books because I have used language that is painful, I have chosen to use the language that was spoken during the period, for I refuse to whitewash history. The language was painful and life was painful for many Africian Americans, including my family." So if your teenage child is reading this it may allow you to open up discussion to things (s)he may never have had to encounter in our society today (as far as the language). But she writes true to her words, if she had changed the language then the book wouldn't have been as Historically OR family accurate to be as good as it was!

This is such a wonderful true story. Ms Taylor takes the stories she has grown up listening to from her grandparents and uncles-aunts and takes the story of her great grandpa AND her great grandma and combine them for this story! Knowing that made it even more wonderful. This is book 5.5 (or book 7) of this series of books. There are 8 books in this 'Logan' series which many people don't realize since book #4 apparently was Ms Taylor's first book she wrote for this series. Since it won awards and she had so much more history to write she took off with it and make it into a series. Some of the books are 'novels' and others (like this one) are smaller 90 page 'children's' books (looks like labeled for ages 7-11 according to Amazon) but as an adult I loved this book and am looking forward to continuing reading this series.

Now with that being said... I am white and I nor any of my family have ever had to deal with what 'freed' slaves or a child from a mixed family has had to deal with. In reading this within the first few chapters my heart went out because the same emotions that was written within this book during segregation-depression era is the same emotions that some people have to endure even today, (although not as 'gruff')

In this book the Logan children go to the local store that their parents have warned them NOT TO GO TO! But one of the elders of the community needed some medication and has asked the kids to go get it for her. So out of respect for her they go. While there they have to wait, and wait due to their skin color being black and the owners of the store being white; to be waited on. After they are done an elderly colored gentleman comes in and the store owners son call him names and really start up something with him. Especially since he called their Dad by his first name! Something that colored people NEVER did. The history the store owner and the black gentleman has is one of heart wrenching love but with time and society that friendship breaks... GREAT book to introduce your older child to segregation and civil rights. But be prepared for questions as they may have many.
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Craig CARLSON
5.0 out of 5 stars Well Written 👍🏼
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This truthful book was a statement to kids to show our American history, and how we have evolved over years and years. Sad but great story! 😃😓
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Book for Interested Kids
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2018
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Wonderful book! It helps to explain about racial tension which unfortynately exists today as it did in the 1950s.
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faye clough
5.0 out of 5 stars All preteens should read Mildred D Taylor books.
Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2014
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My grandson is Native American, African American and mixed European. He is getting a real sense of how life was for people in the past and how it is in some places for some folks still.
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Terri
5.0 out of 5 stars Have read other of her writings and loved them all
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2016
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Mildred D. Taylor is an outstanding author. Have read other of her writings and loved them all.
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bluebird
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, thank you.
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