Mississippi bridge

During a heavy rainstorm in 1930s rural Mississippi, a ten-year-old white boy sees a bus driver order all the black passengers off a crowded bus to make room for late-arriving white passengers and then set off across the raging Rosa Lee River.

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Main Author: Taylor, Mildred D.
Other Authors: Ginsburg, Max
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Puffin Books, 2000, c1990.
Series:Taylor, Mildred D. Logans series ; 4.5.
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Summary:During a heavy rainstorm in 1930s rural Mississippi, a ten-year-old white boy sees a bus driver order all the black passengers off a crowded bus to make room for late-arriving white passengers and then set off across the raging Rosa Lee River.
Physical Description:62 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
ISBN:0141308176
9780141308173
0803704275
0803704267
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.