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The Land

Mildred D. Taylor

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.

GenresMultiracial peopleMississippiFictionHistory19th centuryHistorical fiction

369 pages, 19 editions

English edition · First published 2001 by Puffin Books · ISBN 9781101997567

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Editions

19 editions

English

  • The land · Puffin Books · 2016 · ISBN 9781101997567 · 1 reader This page
  • The Land · Penguin Publishing Group · 2016 · ISBN 9781484479223
  • The Land · Marco Book Company · 2009 · ISBN 9780784825853
  • The Land · Baker & Taylor, CATS · 2008 · ISBN 9781439516850
  • The Land · Speak · 2003 · ISBN 9780142501467
  • The Land · Turtleback · 2003 · ISBN 9780613865203
  • The Land · Scholastic · 2003 · ISBN 9780439434171
  • The Land · Listening Library · 2003 · ISBN 9780807217689
  • The Land · Perfection Learning Corporation · 2003 · ISBN 9780756915308
  • The Land: Prequel to Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry · Puffin · 2002 · ISBN 9780141314594
  • The Land · Scholastic · 2002 · ISBN 9780439442411
  • The Land · Scholastic · 2002 · ISBN 9780439434164
  • The Land · Listening Library · 2001 · ISBN 9780807206195
  • The Land · Phyllis Fogelman Books · 2001 · ISBN 9780803719507
  • The Land · Penguin US · 2001 · ISBN 9781440650840
  • The Land · Phyllis Fogelman Books · 2001 · ISBN 9781518220876
  • The Land · Listening Library · 2001 · ISBN 9780807206188
  • The Land · Speak · 2001 · ISBN 9781415504758
  • The Land · Speak · 2001 · ISBN 9780329340247

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