The Land
(Sprache: Englisch)
A stunning repackage of a companion to Mildred D. Taylor's Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, with cover art by two-time Caldecott Honor Award winner Kadir Nelson!
The son of a prosperous landowner and a former slave, Paul-Edward Logan is...
The son of a prosperous landowner and a former slave, Paul-Edward Logan is...
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A stunning repackage of a companion to Mildred D. Taylor's Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, with cover art by two-time Caldecott Honor Award winner Kadir Nelson!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.
* "Readers...will grab this and be astonished by its powerful story." Booklist, starred review
* "Taylor's gift for combining history and storytelling is as evident here as in her other stories about the Logan family." Publishers Weekly, starred review
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MitchellI loved my daddy. I loved my brothers too. But in the end it was Mitchell Thomas and I who were most like brothers, with a bond that couldn t be broken. The two of us came into Mississippi together by way of East Texas, and that was when we were still boys, long after we had come to our understanding of each other. Seeing that we were a long way from our Georgia home and both of us being strangers here in Mississippi, the two of us depended on each other and became as family.
But it wasn t always that way.
In the beginning the two of us didn t get along at all. Fact to business, there was a time it seemed like to me Mitchell Thomas lived just to taunt me. There were other boys too who picked on me, but Mitchell was the worst. I recall one time in particular when I was about nine or so and I was reading beside a creek on my daddy s land, and Mitchell came up from behind me and just whopped me on the head. For no reason. Just whopped me on the head! Course I jumped up mad. What ya do that for? I cried.
Felt like it, he said. That s all; he felt like it. Ya wanna do somethin bout it?
But I said nothing. Sure, I wanted to do something about it, all right, but I was no fool. Besides the fact I was a small-built boy, Mitchell was a year and some months older than me, a big boy too, stronger than most boys his age, and he could ve broken me in two if he d had the mind. Mitchell stared at me and I stared at him, then he turned and walked away. He didn t laugh, he didn t gloat; he just walked away, but I knew he d be back.
And he was. Time and time again.
At first I just tried to stay out of Mitchell s way, but that didn t solve the problem. So I went to my sister, Cassie, about Mitchell. Now, my sister was a beautiful girl and I knew even Mitchell had eyes for her. But Cassie was not only beautiful, she was tough, smart, and just a bit cocky. She was six years older than I was and pretty much like a mother hen when it came to me;
... mehr
I knew she d take my part. Cassie, you know bout Mitchell? I asked her.
Course I know about Mitchell, she answered. Why re you letting him beat up on you?
I m not letting him! I exclaimed in outrage. You thinking I m liking him beating up on me?
Well, if you re not, you d better make him stop.
Well, I m trying.
Well, you d better try harder.
I ve tried fighting back, but he s too strong. Thing is, I don t know how to stop him.
You d better figure a way, she said matter-of-factly, then looked me in the eyes. You want me to talk to him?
I didn t even need to think on that. Naw, course not! You did, then they d all be saying I had my sister fighting my battles!
Cassie shrugged. Then you d better figure something out quick.
Well, I didn t figure anything out quick enough before Mitchell whalloped me again. And again. Finally things got so bad, I told my daddy about Mitchell and about how he and other boys too were always picking on me. Now, the thing was, Mitchell and his family and the other boys lived on my daddy s land, and I figured my daddy with one word could put a stop to Mitchell and the rest. But my daddy said, What you expect me to do about it?
I don t know, I replied, even though I knew exactly what I wanted him to do about it.
You expect me to stop this boy Mitchell and the others from messing with you?
I didn t say anything.
You want it stopped, Paul
Course I know about Mitchell, she answered. Why re you letting him beat up on you?
I m not letting him! I exclaimed in outrage. You thinking I m liking him beating up on me?
Well, if you re not, you d better make him stop.
Well, I m trying.
Well, you d better try harder.
I ve tried fighting back, but he s too strong. Thing is, I don t know how to stop him.
You d better figure a way, she said matter-of-factly, then looked me in the eyes. You want me to talk to him?
I didn t even need to think on that. Naw, course not! You did, then they d all be saying I had my sister fighting my battles!
Cassie shrugged. Then you d better figure something out quick.
Well, I didn t figure anything out quick enough before Mitchell whalloped me again. And again. Finally things got so bad, I told my daddy about Mitchell and about how he and other boys too were always picking on me. Now, the thing was, Mitchell and his family and the other boys lived on my daddy s land, and I figured my daddy with one word could put a stop to Mitchell and the rest. But my daddy said, What you expect me to do about it?
I don t know, I replied, even though I knew exactly what I wanted him to do about it.
You expect me to stop this boy Mitchell and the others from messing with you?
I didn t say anything.
You want it stopped, Paul
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Autoren-Porträt von Mildred D. Taylor
Mildred D. Taylor is the author of nine novels including The Road to Memphis, Let the Circle Be Unbroken, The Land, The Well, and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Her books have won numerous awards, among them a Newbery Medal (for Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry), four Coretta Scott King Awards, and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. Her book The Land was awarded the L.A. Times Book Prize and the PEN Award for Children's Literature. In 2003, Ms. Taylor was named the First Laureate of the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature. Ms. Taylor now devotes her time to her family, writing, and what she terms "the family ranch" in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.Kadir Nelson (www.kadirnelson.com) is a two-time Caldecott Honor Award recipient. He has received an NAACP Image Award, a CASEY Award, the 2009 and 2014 Coretta Scott King Author Award, and the 2009 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award. Among Mr. Nelson's other awards are gold and silver medals from the Society of Illustrators. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, and The New Yorker. He lives in Los Angeles.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Mildred D. Taylor
- Altersempfehlung: Ab 10 Jahre
- 2016, 416 Seiten, Masse: 13 x 19,7 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Puffin Books
- ISBN-10: 1101997567
- ISBN-13: 9781101997567
- Erscheinungsdatum: 20.02.2017
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
* "Readers...will grab this and be astonished by its powerful story." Booklist, starred review*"Taylor's gift for combining history and storytelling is as evident here as in her other stories about the Logan family." Publishers Weekly, starred review
* "Taylor boldly explores the throniest themes of interracial relations with honesty, insight, and sensitivity to the pain that is slavery's legacy." BCCB, starred review
"A powerful coming-of-age story of a bewildered boy becoming a man beholden to no one." The Horn Book
"This historical novel brings this period of American history to life." School Library Journal
"The Land is a wonderful novel, telling a family story that will move and enrich its readers. Readers will come away with a deeper understanding of what life in the South was like for African-Americans struggling to make their way in a society grounded upon prejudice." Children's Literature
"Taylor uses stories from her own family's past to create a fascinating and honest look at life's struggles and joys for many African American families after the Civil War. Although this book will be a welcome addition to many middle and junior high school libraries, the fascinating, free-flowing tale will be received warmly by readers of all ages." VOYA
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