The Friendship
by Mildred D. Taylor; Juvenile Collection (Library of Congress)
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Cassie Logan and her brothers, from such books as ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY and THE ROAD TO MEMPHIS, witness a horrible racist confrontation in this novella set in 1933. Mr. Tom Bee, an elderly black man, is the victim of racial violence when he calls a white shopkeeper by his first name, despite the fact that the shopkeeper had given him permission to do so.
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Publisher Puffin |
Date 1998 |
Price $1.00 |
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Publisher Dial Books for Young Readers |
Date 1987 |
Price $2.99 |
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Publisher Penguin Group USA |
Date 1987 |
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Publisher Notes
Cassie Logan and her brothers make a revealing discovery when an old Black man calls a white storekeeper by his first name, in a story set in Mississippi in 1933
Synopses
Four children witness a confrontation between an elderly black man and a white storekeeper in rural Mississippi in the 1930s.
Customer Reviews
on Feb 23 2009, paigeglassstubgreenkyschools said:
"mr.tom bee and john wallace used to be friends because tom saved johns life"
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