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Set in Mississippi in 1941, "The Road to Memphis" describes three harrowing, unforgettable days in the life of an African-American high school girl dreaming of law school. Caught up in the center of tense racial dramas unfolding around her, Cassie Logan is forced to confront the adult world as never before. A Coretta Scott King Author Award Book.
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"Cassie recounts harrowing events during late 1941. An engrossing picture of fine young people endeavoring to find the right way in a world that persistently wrongs them." --Kirkus Reviews
mecheatedon, October 12, 2006 (view all comments by mecheatedon)
This is a very good book. It makes you smile and laugh at one point, but then at another it makes you cry. Cassie is starting to have feelins for a boy which she said she wouldn't have until she finished school. A lot of things happen in this one book you just wish that it never comes to an end. Wishing that there was another part to the book. Wanting to know what happened after everything. This book is so amazing that you have to get one and read it yourself!!!
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"Cassie recounts harrowing events during late 1941. An engrossing picture of fine young people endeavoring to find the right way in a world that persistently wrongs them." --Kirkus Reviews
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