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Characters: Cassie Logan, Little Man, Stacey Logan, Mama Logan, Big Ma, David Logan Setting: Mississippi, 1932 Conflict: The blacks are not treated fairly as the whites.
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Mary covers the inside of the book with construction paper.
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The Logan kids make a hole in the road so the bus won't purposefully hit them.
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Cassie goes to Strawberry and gets pushed around because she is black.She does not understand why everyone is so disrespectful to her.
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Mama explains racism to Cassie and how white people think they are better than them. Uncle Hammer comes and almost attacks Charlie for pushing Cassie.
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Cassie decides to pretend to fit the "slave" stereotype until she beats up Lillian Jean and threatens her.
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Uncle Hammer gets the Logan family something for Christmas and gives Stacey a jacket, but he ends up giving it to T.J.
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The Logan kids tell T.J. off after getting tired of his bullying.
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T.J. begins hanging out at the Wallace Store and becomes a thief. T.J. is beaten up after breaking into a store.
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Papa, Mr. Morrison, and Stacey are ambushed by the Wallace boys. Papa's leg is broken. Mr. Morrison beats up the Wallaces.
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Papa starts a fire on the Logan land to avoid a lynching of T.J. and possibly the Logan's. The fire is put out and had eaten up a quarter of their cotton.
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T.J. goes to jail and even though he wasn't very nice to Stacey. Stacey doesn't want him to go to jail. Cassie never liked T.J. but he had always been a part of her life. Cassie cries for T.J. and the land.
