We solicited reading recommendations from various authors, teachers, parents, and librarians, for families looking to diversify their libraries.
has been a popular text in classrooms for years, and in it, Taylor writes about nine-year-old Black girl Cassie Logan and her family as they battle racism in the rural South.
The book is set early in the 1930s, a horrific time for Black people living under Jim Crow laws, and shows how their ties to the land give the family strength. “But this isn’t just a novel about Black pain; it’s a celebration of family love and the intense strength Cassie receives from having her grandmother, parents, uncle, and brothers, and an entire community supporting her,” Gresko explains.
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