The Gold Cadillac by Mildred D Taylor
Another powerful story in the Logan Family Saga and companion to Mildred D. Taylor's Newbery Award-winningRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.A drive South becomes dangerous for 'lois and her family.
'Lois and Wilma are proud of their father's brand-new gold Cadillac, and excited that the family will be driving it all the way from Ohio to Mississippi. But as they travel deeper into the rural South, there are no admiring glances for the shiny new car; only suspicion and anger for the black man behind the wheel. For the first time in their lives, Lois and her sister know what it's like to feel scared because of the color of their skin.
"A personal, poignant look at a black child's first experience with institutional racism."--The New York Times
The Road to Memphis, Let the Circle Be Unbroken, The Land, and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry are among Taylor's past works. Her books have received numerous honors, including a Newbery Medal (for Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry), four Coretta Scott King Awards, and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. Her novel The Land won the L.A. Times Book Prize. The PEN Award for Children's Fiction and the Times Book Prize Taylor was named the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature's First Laureate in 2003.
Mildred Taylor grew up in Toledo, Ohio, after being born in Jackson, Mississippi. She spent two years in the Peace Corps in Ethiopia after graduating from the University of Toledo, and then spent the next year working and recruiting for the Peace Corps across the United States. She helped establish a Black Studies program at the University of Colorado School of Journalism and taught in it for two years. Taylor has worked at an international house and a community free school as a proofreader-editor and program coordinator.
She currently spends her time with her family, writing, and what she refers to as the family ranch in the Rocky Mountains' foothills.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780140389630 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140389636 |
| Title | The Gold Cadillac |
| Author | Mildred D Taylor |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 1998-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 64 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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