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The gold cadillac A Fancy New Car and an Unforgettable Drive

Two Black girls living in the North are proud of their family's beautiful new Cadillac until they take it on a visit to the South and encounter racial prejudice for the first time.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Taylor, Mildred D.
Other Authors:	Hays, Michael, 1956- (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Puffin Books, 1998, c1987.
Series:	Taylor, Mildred D. Logans series ; 7.
Subjects:	African Americans > Juvenile fiction. Southern States > Race relations > Juvenile fiction. Race relations > Juvenile fiction. Prejudices > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	Two Black girls living in the North are proud of their family's beautiful new Cadillac until they take it on a visit to the South and encounter racial prejudice for the first time.
Item Description:	"First published in the United States of America by Dial Books for Young Readers, 1987"--T.p. verso.
Physical Description:	43 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
ISBN:	0140389636 : PAP
Author Notes:	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.