The Road to Memphis
The third novel in a series which started withRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry,The Road to Memphiscatches up with the Logan family in 1941. Cassie is entering her last year of high school in Jackson, Mississippi and her older brother Stacey is driving his first car. After a family trip to Memphis, a sequence of events, including pregnancy, death and the intrusions of Pearl Harbor and World War II wreaks havoc on the family, threatening to separate them from each other, perhaps forever. Drawing upon their strength as a family and the support of their community, the Logans fight for survival, particularly Cassie, who dreams of  becoming a lawyer.The Road to Memphiswon the 1991Coretta Scott King Award.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.