The Gold Cadillac

by Mildred D. Taylor and Alfred Hitchcock

Book Overview

Lois and Wilma are proud of their father's brand-new gold Cadillac, and excited that the family will be driving in it all the way from Ohio to Mississippi. But as they travel deeper into the rural South, there are no admiring glances for the shiny new car--only suspicion and anger for the black man behind the wheel.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803703422
• ISBN13: 9780803703421
• Release Date: March 1987
• Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers
• Length: 43 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 4 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 4 and higher

Customer Reviews

like it

The book I'm recommending is Gold Cadillac by Mildred D Taylor. The Gold Cadillac talks about Wilbert, the father, getting a new car and when he gets a new car he drives it to Mississippi. When the family got there, there was trouble happening but I can't tell you, you have to read this fantastic book to find out.

the gold cadillac

"As I saw my dad coming in a Cadillac I felt some butterflies in my stomach. I couldn't believe that Cadillac was ours." What I liked about this book were the characters. I liked the characters because they really showed their feelings. I also liked the car because it is an o.k. car. What I didn't like about this was the white and black people signs. I also didn't like how the white cop treated the family when he thought they had stolen the car when they went down south. This historical fiction book was written by, Mildred D. Taylor. I really recommend this book to people who are interested in African American history.

great book

I suggest to get your child all of mildred d taylors collection she was good at catching the hate and rasism that went on in the south and other parts of the united states. these books are very real the smaller readers such as this book is good for your 5-6th graders and the novels are perfect for your 7-8th graders!!

The segregated South through the eyes of a child

"The Gold Cadillac," by Mildred D. Taylor, is one of a series of works of fiction in which the author explores African-American history. Like her other books, "The Gold Cadillac" is told from the perspective of a young person and is suitable for younger readers.The book's narrator, nicknamed 'lois, lives with her family in Toledo, Ohio, around 1950. Her father's purchase of an extravagant gold Cadillac causes some family friction. But the intense drama comes when the family piles into the car and takes a trip south, into communities poisoned by racial segregation and other manifestations of racism.Taylor is frank, but not sensationalistic, in her portrayal of racism. And although the book ultimately celebrates the strength of a Black family, the book is not sentimental and does not, in my opinion, trivialize the scars of racism. And although Taylor is certainly a writer in the tradition of children's literature, I also see "The Gold Cadillac" and her other books as being a firm part of a larger African-American literary tradition. Certainly, this book has a good deal in common with such "adult" African-American literature as Gwendolyn Brooks' novel "Maud Martha" or Lorraine Hansberry's play "A Raisin in the Sun." I recommend this book to readers of all ages.

The gold cadillac was good

i liked the gold cadillac. I would have like my father to by a car like that. It was scary when they went down south. it was good that the father did not be picked up by the cops. anybody should read this book.