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Title	:	The Land (Logans #1)
Author	:	Mildred D. Taylor
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 400 pages
Published	:	October 14th 2003 by Speak (first published 2001)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Fiction. Childrens. Cultural. African American. Classics

The Land (Logans #1)

Mildred D. Taylor

Paperback | Pages: 400 pages

Rating: 4.13 | 5871 Users | 351 Reviews

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The son of a prosperous landowner and a former slave, Paul-Edward Logan is unlike any other boy he knows. His white father has acknowledged him and raised him openly-something unusual in post-Civil War Georgia. But as he grows into a man he learns that life for someone like him is not easy. Black people distrust him because he looks white. White people discriminate against him when they learn of his black heritage. Even within his own family he faces betrayal and degradation. So at the age of fourteen, he sets out toward the only dream he has ever had: to find land every bit as good as his father's, and make it his own. Once again inspired by her own history, Ms. Taylor brings truth and power to the newest addition to the award-winning Logan family stories.

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Original Title:	The Land
ISBN:	0142501468 (ISBN13: 9780142501467)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Logans #1
Literary Awards:	Scott O'Dell Award (2002), Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature (2001), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (2003), Coretta Scott King Book Award for Author (2002), Missouri Gateway Readers Award Nominee (2004)

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The Land is a book which tackles a very heavy subject, something which even today still causes controversy, stigma and prejudice. Set in a post-Civil War time of "free" black people, for young Paul Logan, he finds that even in the aftermath of slavery, a time when he's supposed to feel equal, he's still facing judgment based on his skin and his heritage. In a world that doesn't give you anywhere to belong, how do you find out where you're supposed to go? Well, luckily Paul has dreams to hold

Paul-Edward will stay with me for a very long time. My heart broke, sang, I held my breath, I got mad, I watched him pull through. Mildred D Taylor shows all sides of her characters and doesn't shy away from hard subjects or complex feelings. Right to the end I wasn't exactly sure what was going to happen and I was with her the whole way as she told the story. Much of it (as well as the other Logan family books) was based on true experiences lived by members of her own family, and I think that

As a teacher, this book was a fantastic read-aloud and excellent for opening discussion about racism and racist language. The use of the "n" word is challenging and but also presents opportunities to discuss the role of language in discrimination and oppression.

This book was a very interesting look at a subject in American history that we tend to hush up--the relationship between a white slave owner and his slave. Although that aspect of history is explored in a few books and gone into here in vague detail, the book's main focus is on the product of that union. This is the first book I've read that deals with that issue. I think it does a good job not only of detailing the hardships the mixed race children face, but also the conflicting feelings of

This has to be one of my favourite reads of the year!Loved Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry as a child and was excited to hear that this prequel (and a couple of sequels) existed. Thanks to the Read Harder Challenge (and the redhead) for steering me in the direction of this "very fine" novel!The lead character and narrator is entirely believable and despite his trials and tribulations behaves in a way that is consistent with his character. I liked the fact that the good guys don't always win and the

The LandMidred D. Taylor375 pgs.Have you ever suffered from identity crisis? Have you ever thought am I to call myself black or am I to call myself white? Have you ever let society choose your ethnicity for you? In the land Paul-Edward Logan faced all of these questions. Paul suffered from identity crisis all throughout his childhood. His mother was a former slave and black and his father was the owner of the planation, the master to the slaves and white. Paul himself was born into slavery and

Let's just say that I planned on not really enjoying this book. Mostly because I hate to say it, but I judged it by its cover and its title. I just sort of thought it had little to offer me, a 30-something woman, but I knew that the high goodreads rating couldn't be that far off, and so I cracked it open. Besides, I had to finish reading it before my students did.It surprised me right off with its story of Paul-Edward Logan, son to a white plantation owner and a slave. I almost thought I had