One of the best reviewed books of 1994, the Newbery author's novel follows five generations of one African-American family from Africa to a South Carolina plantation through the Civil War, the end of segregation and beyond, to a moving finale, when a young drug-addicted cousin is brought home to the glory field for a day of reunion and renewal.
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One of the best reviewed books of 1994, the Newbery author's novel follows five generations of one African-American family from Africa to a South Carolina plantation through the Civil War, the end of segregation and beyond, to a moving finale, when a young drug-addicted cousin is brought home to the glory field for a day of reunion and renewal.
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The story begins in 1743 and takes you through one families struggles from then until today. Some of the bitterness from being dragged from Africa to become a slave to owning your own land - and "getting up in the morning - you're getting up for you ! "
Another one of those books that you really hated to have end.
