Mildred D. Taylor: The Logan Family Saga Complete Collection

Mildred D. Taylor

вер 2020 · Прадавец: Penguin

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This 10-book complete collection includes all the books in Mildred D. Taylor’s award-winning Logan Family Saga!
 
In this digital package you’ll find:
 
1.     Song of the Trees
2.     Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
3.     Let the Circle Be Unbroken
4.     The Gold Cadillac
5.     The Friendship
6.     Mississippi Bridge
7.     The Road to Memphis
8.     The Well
9.     The Land
10.  All the Days Past, All the Days to Come
 
The Logan Family Saga follows the Logans, a tight-knit family who grapple with living in America during the 20th century. We follow this family as they experience prejudice, racism, and the major events that characterize our modern racial history. From the Great Depression to the Civil Rights movement, this gripping series will both educate and capture the hearts of all readers as they read about how Cassie Logan finds her voice in an era characterized by oppression, and the often violent confrontations that bring about change.


AWARDS & ACCOLADES FOR THE LOGAN FAMILY SAGA

Ms. Taylor’s first book in The Logan Family Saga, Song of the Trees received The Council on Interracial Books Award; her second, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry was the winner of the Newbery Medal and a National Book Award finalist. Two other novels about the Logan family followed: Let the Circle Be Unbroken and The Gold Cadillac, as well as a prequel, The Land; all three received The Coretta Scott King Award. Ms. Taylor is also author of The Friendship, her fourth Coretta Scott King Award winner; The Well, The Gold Cadillac, and Mississippi Bridge. In 2020, Ms. Taylor released her tenth and final installment of The Logan Family Saga, All the Days Past, All the Days to Come. In 2020 Ms. Taylor also received the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.

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Mildred D. Taylor was born in Mississippi and grew up in Toledo, Ohio. After her graduation from the University of Toledo, she served in the Peace Corps in Ethiopia before receiving a master’s degree in journalism at the University of Colorado.

Her first book, Song of the Trees, received the Council on Interracial Books award; her second, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, was a winner of the Newbery Medal and a National Book Award finalist. Two other novels about the Logan family followed: Let the Circle Be Unbroken and The Road to Memphis, as well as a prequel, The Land; all three received the Coretta Scott King Award. Ms. Taylor is also the author of The Friendship, her fourth Coretta Scott King winner; The Well; The Gold Cadillac; and Mississippi Bridge. Mildred D. Taylor comes from a family of storytellers, and the stories she heard growing up form the basis for her books about this proud and loving family.

Ms. Taylor lives in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, on what she describes as “the family ranch.” In 2020 Ms. Taylor was awarded the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.