| Description |
290 pages ; 18 cm |
| Contents |
A fine new car -- Friendships -- The hunt -- Down home farewell -- Incident in Strawberry -- Escape from Jackson -- The road to Memphis -- The Memphis prince -- A final farewell. |
| Audience |
"Ages 12 and up"--P. [4] of cover. |
| Summary |
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. Set in Mississippi in 1941, The Road to Memphis describes three harrowing, unforgettable days in the life of an African-American high school girl dreaming of law school. Caught up in the center of tense racial dramas unfolding around her, Cassie Logan is forced to confront the adult world as never before. A Coretta Scott King Author Award Book. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 4.5 12.0 5953. |
| Subject |
Race relations -- Fiction.
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Prejudices -- Fiction.
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African Americans -- Fiction.
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Mississippi -- Fiction.
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| ISBN |
0140360778 |
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