![]() ![]() ![]() Taylor’s books have come under recent criticism and have been banned from some libraries for painting an accurate picture of the suffering endured by Black families during these periods of our history. She doesn’t shy from exploring the complex feelings of a son toward his mother, who had been enslaved, and his father her enslaver. Her books use language that is true to the time, including the racial slurs and physical abuse of landowners against sharecroppers. Taylor’s writing brings you right into the home, the conversation, the fear, tension, courage, and heartache experienced by this family. ![]() I first discovered the Logan family about 5 years ago when I listened to the audiobook version of Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry. ![]() But Cassie and her siblings are at the heart of the Logan’s story and feature prominently in Taylor’s final novel- All the Days Past, All the Days to Come-published in 2020. Each novel/novella stands alone, focusing on different members of the Logan family during different times and places over a span of about 100 years. In this story come to know Cassie, age 9, and her brothers Stacey (12), Christopher-John (7), and Little Man (6). Though Song of the Trees is the first in the series, Taylor was awarded the Newberry Medal for Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry. Taylor’s family stories, is a multigenerational chronicle of the Logan family’s life spanning from the Jim Crow south and the Great Depression through the Great Migration and the Civil Rights movement in the north. This historical fiction series, shaped by Mildred D. ![]()
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