Title-The Friendship
Author-Mildred D. Taylor
Illustrator-Max Ginsburg
Genre-Chapter Book
Subgenre-Realistic Fiction
Theme-African Americans, Southern
states, Race relations, Prejudices
Primary and secondary characters- Cassie, Stacey, Tom Bee, John Wallace, The Logan family
Award(s)-Coretta Scott King Award, an ALA Notable Book
Date of publication-1987
Publishing company-Puffin Books
Brief summary-This is a story of
two men in Mississippi and their racial confrontation in 1933. A black man saves a white man when they were
young and they promise to stay friends.
Cassie and her brothers must be careful what they say around white
people. They witness some brutal scenes
one summer afternoon.
How would you use the book with
students-I would use this book to show students how hard life was for black
people before the Civil Rights movement.
It shows how serious racial struggles were for blacks and would be a
good book to help children understand what racism is/was. This would be better for older readers though
because of the complex, southern language.
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