Mississippi Bridge

by Mildred D. Taylor

Book Overview

Another powerful story in the Logan Family Saga and companion to Mildred D. Taylor's Newbery Award-winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.A day of conflict and tragedy. Cassie Logan and her brothers... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803704267
• ISBN13: 9780803704268
• Release Date: October 1990
• Publisher: Dial Books
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.8" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

''You will be in tears after reading this book''

Jeremy and Stacey and Josia her brother.It took place in Mississippi,a long,longtime a go when black people could not sit in the front of the bus. And stores would have a sign that said " WHITES ONLY; NO BLACK PEOPLE". White people will call us another name than blacks. In the 1930s black people can't ride the bus if that means there won't be enough room for white people to ride. Josias is taking the bus to his new job. The bus man kick him out of the bus on a raony day. Then the bus went on a bridge and it went in the waters of the Rosa Lee River. Josias saved a little white girl and her mother. The major problem is that blacks could not ride the bus if there won't be room for the white people. And they would not be in the white peoples stores and schools.{The theme is if some one calls you name or tells you that you cant sit in the front of the bus.}I think this book is great. It tells about what happen in mississippi, what happened to the blacks and whites.

A+ 100% Book!!!!

This is a story about how black people were treated differently than white people. The white people didn't treat the black people nicely. Black people had jobs being slaves for the white people. In the 1930's if black people wanted to ride the bus they had to sit in the back. If there were a lot of white people wanting to ride the bus the black people would get kicked off the bus. I think that it is interesting that the white adults didn't feel like being around the black people, but their children didn't notice the color of their skin. I fyou like stories about history you will like reading this book. Josias was one of the main characters and he lived the story. The bus that the white people kicked off the black people was going down the bridge and went off into the river. Josias went down and started to try to save the people in the bus. A little girlthat Josias brought up was dead. No one survived on the bus even though they did everything that they could. If I was a teacher on the book I would give it an A+ 100%.

Taylor has wowed me again!

I am simply facinated by the Logan series that Mildred D. Taylor has created. Born and raised in Mississippi, I have seen first hand the actions that Taylor writes about. I share the books with my students. I plan to read this one next week. I can't wait. Mississippi Bridge gives us a look into the character Jeremy Simms. The story is one of pride and human nature. This story, along with Taylor's others, is an excellent teaching tool. Children of all ages can learn from our past mistakes through these touching and true to life stories. I highly recommend ANY and ALL of the Logan series books!

Mississippi Bridge- Thumbs Up!

Mississippi Bridge by Mildred D. Taylor displays an excellent picture of what life was like in Mississippi in the 1930's. The depiction of racism that an African-American family had to go through was revealing. The story takes place by the town store. The bus stop was also outside the store, where many of the characters were waiting for the bus. Jeremy Simms, a ten-year-old white boy, was interested in talking to all of these characters. However, one particular black family, the Logan's, were not interested in talking to him. Jeremy was faced with a difficult dilemma. He was torn between what he felt was right and what his father and the other white men in the town felt was right. Every time he witnessed an injustice, he tried to comfort or let the black people know that he did not agree with the way they were being treated. Despite his constant feel of sympathy for the blacks in the community, the oldest Logan boy, Stacey, did not warm up to Jeremy. In the end, a trust is built between the two boys.I thought the book was very realistic and appropriate when explaining racism and segregation to children. The ending was my favorite part and really brought the book together. There is a heart-shaking catastrophe that brings that book to a close.

Mississippi Bridge is one of Mildred Taylor's finest books.

Mississippi Bridge is a prequel to Taylor's other novelsabout the Logan family. This time, however, the reader is treatedto the viewpoint of Jeremy Simms, the shy and sensitive white boy who sees in the Logan family everything that is missing in his own. Taylor captures not only the bite of prejudice in depression era Mississippi, but shows its effect on the lives of those who reject prejudice. Taylor cleverly weaves a story in which a tragic accident clearly dispenses a bittersweet justice in that world of prejudice without taking away the reader's sympathy for the victims.