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Mississippi Bridge
(Logan Family Saga)
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Publication Date
June 01, 2000
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction / 6th − 8th
Language
English
Only 3 copies currently available
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Description
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. Then, in the driving rain, disaster strikes and Jeremy witnesses a shocking end to the day's drama.
Publication date
June 01, 2000
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780141308173
Lexile Measure
810
Guided Reading Level
S
Publisher
Puffin Books
Series
Logan Family Saga
BISAC categories
JUV011010 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
JUV039120 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
JUV039120 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
Kirkus
Taylor, a powerful storyteller, again combines authentic incidents to create a taut plot.... Her cry for justice always rings true.
Publishers Weekly
The Newbery Medalist reprises the Logan family in telling a powerful story about the segregated South of the 1930s.
Mildred D Taylor
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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