Books: Fiction

The Friendship

Book — Fiction. By Mildred Taylor. 1998. 56 pages.
Cassie witnesses a Black man address a white storekeeper by his first name.

Time Periods: 20th Century, 1920
Themes: African American, Social Class
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9780140389647In 1933 Mississippi, Cassie Logan and her brothers are warned never to go to the Wallace store. What they don’t expect is to hear an elderly black man dare to call the white storekeeper by his first name. Any child knows that some things just aren’t done. [Publisher’s description.]

ISBN: 9780140389647 | Puffin Books

 

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