Mildred Taylor
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The Friendship. Pictures by Max Ginsburg. 1st ed. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1987.

Four children witness a confrontation between an elderly black man and a white storekeeper in rural Mississippi in the 1930s.

The Gold Cadillac. Pictures by Michael Hays. 1st ed. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1987.

Two black girls living in the North are proud of their family's beautiful new Cadillac until they take it on a visit to the South and encounter racial prejudice for the first time.

The Land. New York: Phyllis Fogelman Books, 2001.

After the Civil War Paul, the son of a white father and a black mother, finds himself caught between the two worlds of colored folks and white folks as he pursues his dream of owning land of his own. Prequel to Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.

Let the Circle Be Unbroken. New York: Dial Press, 1981.

Four black children growing up in rural Mississippi during the Depression experience racial antagonisms and hard times, but learn from their parents the pride and self-respect they need to survive. Sequel to Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.

Mississippi Bridge. Pictures by Max Ginsburg. 1st ed. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1990.

During a heavy rainstorm in 1930s rural Mississippi, a ten-year-old white boy sees a bus driver order all the black passengers off a crowded bus to make room for late-arriving white passengers and then set off across the raging Rosa Lee River.

The Road to Memphis. New York: Puffin Books, 1992, Dial Books, 1990.

In 1941 a black youth, sadistically teased by two white boys in rural Mississippi, severely injures one of them with a tire iron and enlists Cassie's help in trying to flee the state.

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. 25th anniversary ed. New York: Phyllis Fogelman Books, 2001; Dial Press, 1976.

A black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand. 1977 Newbery Medal

Song of the Trees. Pictures by Jerry Pinkney. New York: Dial Press, 1975.

During the Depression, a rural black family deeply attached to the forest on their land tries to save it from being cut down by an unscrupulous white man.

The Well : David's Story. 1st ed. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1995.

In Mississippi in the early 1900s ten-year-old David Logan's family generously shares their well water with both white and black neighbors in an atmosphere of potential racial violence.

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