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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Cassie Logan and her brothers are part of a warm, intelligent, and courageous black family in rural Mississippi during the Depression. They try to maintain their pride as they take abuse from white children and then recognize that their personal difficulties are only symptoms of greater problems within their community.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1977 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780803774735
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A String in the Harp
Their father's remoteness and the strangeness of school in Wales make the children's adjustment to their mother's death even more difficult. Then twelve-year-old Peter finds an ancient harp key that pulls him back into Welsh history, helping him discover a purpose to living.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1977 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9781416948278