To learn, to entertain By Stacey Rogers

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Why Read?

• To learn, to entertain!By Stacey Rogers

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to
live in the segregation period?
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

• By Mildred D. Taylor

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Or The Injustice of the Land
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SummaryThis book is about a girl named Cassie
and her family. It tells about racial injustices
and how the family dealt with them. The main idea
was that Cassie stood up for herself and what she
believed in and didn't let anybody bully her. She
had a good self esteem about herself and her
color.
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What are other people saying?
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Midwest Book ReviewCassie's family faces a real
challenge to hold on to land in the South during
the Depression. Her father works away from home
and her mother works and runs the family farm.
Taylor dramatizes this excellent classic story of
a black family's struggles to remain independent
and proud against all obstacles.BooklistVivid--
complex--powerful--convincing--The novel shows
the rich inner rewards of black pride, love, and
independence.
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Youd like this book if you like

• Learning about the segregation period
• Historic fiction
• Realistic fiction

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The Sixteen Pleasures - Robert Hellenga In
1966, Margot Harrington, a book conservator, goes
to Florence to help after the Arno River floods,
and when she finds a rare manuscript of erotica
in a convent, the mother superior wants to sell
it to raise money for their library.
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Mysteries on Monroe Street - Sandra
BeltonErnestine and Amanda, two
African-American twelve-year-olds growing up
under segregation in the 1950s, are brought
together when the all Black dance studio where
they take lessons is attacked by vandals.
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The First Fig Tree - Vivian GloverWhile her
father fights in World War II and her mother
works, a young girl becomes acquainted with her
great grandmother Ellen who moves into the same
house and tells about her days as a slave and as
a free woman.
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Work Cited

• http//www.Novelist.com
• http//www.Amazon.com

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