num_pages: 400
description: The son of a prosperous landowner and a former slave, Paul-Edward Logan is unlike any other boy he knows. His white father has acknowledged him and raised him openly—something unusual in post-Civil War Georgia. But as he grows into a man he learns that life for someone like him is not easy. Black people distrust him because he looks white. White people discriminate against him when they learn of his black heritage. Even within his own family he faces betrayal and degradation. So at the age of fourteen, he sets out toward the only dream he has ever had: to find land every bit as good as his father's, and make it his own. Once again inspired by her own history, Ms. Taylor brings truth and power to the newest addition to the award-winning Logan family stories.
language: English
title: The Land
titlecomplete: The Land (Logans, #1)
genres: Classics, Historical, Childrens, Race, African American, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Family, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 7086
series: Logans
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Scott O'Dell Award, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Young Adult Literature, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Coretta Scott King Book Award
category: Author, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Gateway Readers Award
publisher: Speak