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Charcters: Casie Logan, Christopher John Logan, Little Man, Stacey Logan, Big Ma, Mary Logan, David Logan, Mr. Morrison, TJ Avery, Setting: Mississippi, 1930's Conflict: The Logan family isn't being treated fairly by white folks.
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Cassie and Little Man refuse to use the books they gave them because of the condition of them and because they were discriminating. They were handed down from the white kids.
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Papa comes come to visit his family and brings Mr. Morrison. He used to be a worker from the same place as papa. He told them that he needed a place to stay but it was really to keep them safe.
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The logan kids build a pit in the ground where the white school bus passes by so it won't splash them. When the bus passes by it crashes.
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Cassie gets discriminated for being white. She accidently bumps into Lillian Jean and she was forced to apologize and call her Miz Lillian Jean.
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Mama talks to Cassie about racism and why things are the way they are.
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Cassie beats Lillian Jean up for what happened in Strawberry and she also threatened to tell people her secrets.
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For christmas Stacy gets a coat from Uncle Hammer. He then gives it away to T.J because he told Stacy he looked like a fat preacher.
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T.J started to hang out with the Wallace kids and their influence made him rob a store. He got in trouble with the white police and the Logan kids are afraid that they will kill him.
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The Wallace's attack Papa, Mr. Morrison, and Stacy. Papa breaks his legs which means he can't go back to work. Mr. Morrison later beats up The Wallace's
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The cotton sets on fire and the town helps to put it out but eventually it rains and stops the fire. Cassie realizes it was Papa.
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Both black and white people worked together to put out the fire. Papa was the one who did it so people could forget about hanging TJ. TJ went to jail and no one knows what will happen to him.
