Cassie tells Sissy that her baby could belong to anyone. Clarence doesn’t want to be forced into early marriage, and Sissy plans on making Clarence propose by pretending the baby is not his. However, neither wants to admit Clarence is the father. In November, she returns home for their priest’s wake. Later, Cassie goes to Jackson with Stacey and his pals, attending her old high school to regain a sense of normalcy. Jeremy goes to the Logan house to apologize again, but Stacey doesn’t forgive him. The brothers try to apologize while Jeremy stays with Harris. Harris breaks his leg and falls unconscious. The Aames’ hound hurries Harris up a tree, which collapses under his weight. Jeremy hesitates, but joins in on the torment when pressured by his cousins. The brothers begin teasing Harris about his race and weight. Searching for his dog, Harris and Clarence happen upon the Aames brothers in the woods accompanied by their cousin Jeremy. Cassie goes coon hunting with friends and family.

The kids lift the truck out with their hands instead. Charlie tries to coerce Stacey and his friends to help pull his truck out of a ditch using his new car. They come across Charlie Simms, a racist white man whose son Jeremy treats blacks kindly and has a relationship with Stacey. They spot pal Clarence arguing with his girlfriend Sissy over joining the army as WWII nears. Cassie’s older brother Stacey returns home in a used car with pals Moe and Little Willie. Narrated in the first-person perspective by 17-year-old Cassie Logan, the story begins in 1941 Mississippi. The Road to Memphis was named winner of the 1991 Coretta Scott King Award. A sequel to the saga entitled The Land was published in 2001. The Road to Memphis is the fourth book in the Logan Family saga, following Song of the Trees, Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry, and Let the Circle Be Unbroken. When the unprecedented action puts Moe in grave danger, Cassie and her friends risk their lives to guide Moe to safety in Memphis, Tennessee. Hopeful for a better life, Cassie’s world is upended when her black friend, Moe, violently attacks his white assailants and foments racial strife. As the country readies for the biggest war in history, Cassie has her own personal battles to fight. Set in 1941 Mississippi, the story follows 17-year-old Cassie Logan on the brink of WWII. The Road to Memphis is the 1990 historical fiction novel written by African-American novelist Mildred D.

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