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Violence
Some
Racial violence including a burning and threatened lynching; the constant threat of violence under Jim Crow
Language
Barely any
Mild language; some racial slurs in historical context
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The psychological weight of constant threat and systemic racism on a family and a child; the anger and fear of an unjust world
What this book is about
Nine-year-old Cassie Logan narrates the story of her family's struggle to keep their land in 1930s Mississippi. The Logans own their property—a rarity for Black families in the Jim Crow South—and the price of that ownership is constant threat from white neighbors who resent it. Taylor's Newbery Medal winner is one of the essential American novels for young readers: a story of racism, resistance, and family dignity told with complete integrity and without sentimentality.
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Racial violence including threatened lynching
Racial slurs in historical context
The psychological weight of systemic racism as experienced by a child
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