Book Descriptions
for All the Days Past, All the Days to Come by Mildred D. Taylor
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Taylor completes the Logan family cycle about Cassie and her family that began with Song of the Trees in 1975 and now concludes 45 years later with Cassie an adult, working as an attorney. While marriage, pregnancy, miscarriage, and a professional career may not the usual fare for a book for young people, fans of the Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry and other books in the sequence will be interested to know what happened to Cassie and her brothers when they grew up. As with the earlier volumes, readers are given a front-row seat to the struggle for civil rights in the American South through the eyes and experiences of one African American family from Mississippi. Cassie's personal story from the mid-1940s to 1963 intersects with key events in the Civil Rights Movement, such as the Freedom Riders, voter registration, and the leadership of Medgar Evers. Taylor's oeuvre of nine books is an absolute gift to readers. (Ages 12 and older)
CCBC Choices 2021. © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 2021. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
The saga of the Logan family--made famous in the Newbery Medal-winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry--concludes in a long-awaited and deeply fulfilling story.
In her tenth book, Mildred Taylor completes her sweeping saga about the Logan family of Mississippi, which is also the story of the civil rights movement in America of the 20th century. Cassie Logan, first met in Song of the Trees and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, is a young woman now, searching for her place in the world, a journey that takes her from Toledo to California, to law school in Boston, and, ultimately, in the 60s, home to Mississippi
to participate in voter registration. She is witness to the now-historic events of the century: the Great Migration north, the rise of the civil rights movement, preceded and precipitated by the racist society of America, and the often violent confrontations that brought about change. Rich, compelling storytelling is Ms. Taylor's hallmark, and she fulfills expectations as she brings to a close the stirring family story that has absorbed her for over forty years. It is a story she was born to tell.
In her tenth book, Mildred Taylor completes her sweeping saga about the Logan family of Mississippi, which is also the story of the civil rights movement in America of the 20th century. Cassie Logan, first met in Song of the Trees and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, is a young woman now, searching for her place in the world, a journey that takes her from Toledo to California, to law school in Boston, and, ultimately, in the 60s, home to Mississippi
to participate in voter registration. She is witness to the now-historic events of the century: the Great Migration north, the rise of the civil rights movement, preceded and precipitated by the racist society of America, and the often violent confrontations that brought about change. Rich, compelling storytelling is Ms. Taylor's hallmark, and she fulfills expectations as she brings to a close the stirring family story that has absorbed her for over forty years. It is a story she was born to tell.
Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.
