There is a man who wants to buy the trees off of Cassie's family yard, but the question is with her father approve of the choice. With Cassie is in Mississippi her father is working in Louisianan to bring home money and medicine. This book is about a family who seems loving, down to earth and lives with encouragement. This book holds a few awards such as the Jane Addams Children's Book Award, Coretta Scott King Award for Author Honor, First prize, Council on Interracial Books for Children, Outstanding Book of the Year Citation, The New York Times, and the Jane Addams Honors Citation. With this simple story, Mildred Taylor began sharing her family’s stories- the stories told by her parents and grandparents. Logan’s ploy drives the men off and saves the tree, but Cassie wonders if they will every sing again. The night they arrive home, they lay sticks of dynamite throughout the woods.

Logan brings a black detonator box with him. Stacey, Cassie’s older brother, goes for Mr. The white man who makes the deal tries to swindle her by taking more trees than he pays for. Big Ma (Cassie's grandmother) feels forced by necessity to sell some of the trees. Logan is away working on railroad construction. They are alive, and she can often hear them sing. They aren't typical of other blacks, and they certainly don't act the way the whites want them to. It's hard for the white people in the area to countenance the confidence this land gives the Logans. Her collective contributions to children's literature resulted in her being awarded the inaugural NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature in 2003.Ĭassie Logan's family is the only black family to own land in their township of Mississippi. 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. Taylor's most famous book is Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. ' Taylor has talked about how much history was in the stories some stories took place during times of slavery and some post-slavery. 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. Many of her works are based on stories of her family that she heard while growing up. She now lives in Colorado with her daughter. 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. Mildred DeLois Taylor is an African-American writer known for her works exploring the struggle faced by African-American families in the Deep South.

Song of the trees by mildred d taylor