**Mildred D. Taylor's Newbery Award-winning masterpiece with an
introduction written and read by Jacqueline Woodson, just in time for
its 40th Anniversary!
**
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.