The Road to Memphis
by Mildred D. Taylor
List Price:
Our Price: $1.00
You Save: $5.99 (86%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $0.01 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Mildred D. TaylorBrand: Penguin Group USA
Edition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1992-06-01
ISBN: 0140360778
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Puffin
Product features:
- ISBN13: 9780140360776
- Condition: New
- Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!
Book Reviews of The Road to Memphis
Book Review: One of the Best Books I Ever Read
Summary: 5 Stars
"The Road to Memphis" is an extremely well-written book. It takes the reader to the south in the early 1930s. From there, the reader learns about the Logan family and their friends and their struggle against discrimination in Mississippi. For example, Cassie Logan and her two younger brothers were waiting at the store to pick up Stacey, their older brother. When Cassie discovered that the bus was running late, only trouble followed for Cassie and her friends from then until the end of the novel. During each incident throughout the novel, the blacks were always provoked by the white people. The blacks would always mind their own business and greet the whites with the respect they wanted. But since the white people thought that they were more sophisticated than the blacks, they would always degrade them and start problems that would usually result in the black people taking all the blame. The whites could do as they pleased with the blacks, and the blacks could not do anything to stop them unless they were willing to lose their lives because of it. Not all the white people in Strawberry were like that, though. Only two white people in the whole book treated the black people of Strawberry fairly. They were Mr. Jamison and Jeremy. They both on more than one occasion proved theirselves to be true to their word to the black people of Strawberry. Through the harsh truths of reality, the black citizens of Strawberry, Mississippi were able to overcome the obstacles and to move on with their lives.
I think that there is no specific audience recommended for this novel, but I think that anyone above the age of 12 can read this book and understand the full effects of it. I think that anyone younger than the age of 12, however, will not understand how bad things were in the early 1930s and 40s. It is very important to know the history of this time period in order to understand this novel.
I think that the book's appeal is that all the events seemed so vivid to the imagination. During every incident mentioned in the novel, the author gives very descriptive details that make the reader feel like they are there witnessing the events unfold. Another appeal of the book is the rising action and the climax. I think that the climax was much unexpected. The climax of the book is when Moe beat the three white boys (Statler Aames and his cousins) with a crowbar. It fits in well with the rising action because the incidents leading to the climax all pertain to Statler Aames and his posy always provoking the black people.
This book is one of the best books that I have ever read. I think that this novel can definitely become a classic in the near future. I have read four of Mildred Taylor's books and each time I read one of her books, I realize how good of a writer she is. In her writings, she is able to take the reader into the life and time of the Logan family. The events in her novels are historic to the time period, and there is never a dull moment in many of her books. There is always some type of action going on. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves reading and loves a book full of action.
Summary of The Road to Memphis
Cassie Logan, a young black woman in 1940s Mississippi, becomes caught up in a tense confrontation between blacks and whites--three days of turmoil and unrest that will change her life forever. Reprint. Coretta Scott King Award. C. H. SLJ. AB. K.The third novel in a series which started with Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, The Road to Memphis catches up with the Logan family in 1941. Cassie is entering her last year of high school in Jackson, Mississippi and her older brother Stacey is driving his first car. After a family trip to Memphis, a sequence of events, including pregnancy, death and the intrusions of Pearl Harbor and World War II wreaks havoc on the family, threatening to separate them from each other, perhaps forever. Drawing upon their strength as a family and the support of their community, the Logans fight for survival, particularly Cassie, who dreams of becoming a lawyer. The Road to Memphis won the 1991 Coretta Scott King Award.
Prejudice & Racism Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Prejudice & Racism Books
White Lilacsby Carolyn Meyer
Sandpiper; Published: 2007-01-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.38
Price in other shops:
Underground Man (Odyssey/ Harcourt Young Classic)by Milton Meltzer
Sandpiper; Published: 2006-01-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.98
Price in other shops:
I Am Rosa Parks (Penguin Young Readers, L4)by Rosa Parks, Jim Haskins
Penguin Young Readers; Published: 1999-12-01; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $0.01
Price in other shops:
Jafta - The Homecoming (Picture Puffin)by Hugh Lewin
Puffin Books; Published: 1996-01-25; Paperback; Book
Best price: $1,023.47
The Friendshipby Mildred D. Taylor
Puffin; Published: 1998-02-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.87
Price in other shops:
The Case of the Scaredy Cats (I Can Read Book 2)by Crosby Bonsall
HarperCollins; Published: 1971-11-30; Library Binding; Book
Best price: $6.96
Price in other shops:
Black Is Brown Is Tanby Arnold Adoff
Harpercollins Childrens Books; Published: 1987-02; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $8.99
Price in other shops:
Journey to Jo'burg (Essential Modern Classics)by Beverly Naidoo
HarperCollins Children's Books; Published: 2008; Paperback; Book
Cascades Multicultural Books Pack (Collins Cascades)Collins Educational; Published: 1998-02-03; Paperback; Book
Jubilee Journeyby Carolyn Meyer
Sandpiper; Published: 2007-01-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.50
Price in other shops:
Similar Books and other products
The Birchbark Houseby Louise Erdrich
Hyperion Book CH; Published: 2002-05-13; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.97
Price in other shops:
Let the Circle Be Unbroken (Puffin Teenage Fiction)by Mildred D Taylor
Puffin Books; Published: 1995-10-26; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.56
The Gold Cadillacby Mildred D. Taylor
Penguin Group USA; Puffin; Published: 1998-02-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.46
Price in other shops:
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cryby Mildred D. Taylor
Penguin Group USA; Puffin; Published: 2004-04-12; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.31
Price in other shops:
The Well : David's Storyby Mildred D. Taylor
Puffin; Published: 1998-09-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.98
Price in other shops:
Mississippi Bridgeby Mildred D. Taylor
Puffin; Published: 2000-06-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.85
Price in other shops:
The Landby Mildred D. Taylor
Speak; Published: 2003-11-24; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.17
Price in other shops:
The Friendshipby Mildred D. Taylor
Puffin; Published: 1998-02-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.87
Price in other shops:
Song of the Treesby Mildred D. Taylor
Puffin; Published: 2003-05-26; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.75
Price in other shops:
Let the Circle Be Unbrokenby Mildred D. Taylor
Puffin; Published: 1991-10-01; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.91
Price in other shops: