A stunning repackage of a companion to Mildred D. Taylor's Roll of
Thunder, Hear My Cry, with cover art by two-time Caldecott Honor Award
winner Kadir Nelson!
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.
* "Readers...will grab this and be astonished by its powerful
story."--Booklist, starred review
* "Taylor's gift for combining history and storytelling is as evident
here as in her other stories about the Logan family."--Publishers
Weekly, starred review