The Road to Memphis
- ISBN-10
- 0590981994
- ISBN-13
- 9780590981996
- Series
- The Road to Memphis
- Category
- African American families
- Pages
- 290
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Author
- Mildred D. Taylor
Description
In 1941 a black youth, sadistically teased by two white boys in rural Mississippi, severely injures one of them with a tire iron and enlists Cassie's help in trying to flee the state.
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