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Libby
The Land
Summary
Read by Ruben Santiago-HudsonApprox. 12 hours, 15 minutes8 cassettesThe prequel to Newbery Medal winner Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Paul-Edward Logan, grandfather of Cassie (Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry) is born during the Civil War, the son of a white plantation owner father and a former slave mother. Though this heritage was not unusual for the time, this upbringing is. Paul-Edward's father sees to it that Paul-Edward and his sister enjoy many of the same privileges as their white half-brothers. But, as the age of 14, Paul-Edward runs away to fulfill his dream: to won land as good as his father's plantation.