The Well, Mildred D. Taylor
The Well, Mildred D. Taylor
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The Well

Author: Mildred D. Taylor

Narrator: Andre Montgomery

Unabridged: 2 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/10/2017


Synopsis

Another powerful story in the Logan Family Saga and companion to Mildred D. Taylor's Newbery Award-winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.

For David Logan, a time of distress means taking the higher road. 

During a drought, the Logan family shares their well water with their neighbors, black and white alike. But David’s brother Hammer finds it hard to share with Charlie Simms, who torments them because they are black. Hammer’s pride and Charlie’s meanness are a dangerous combination, and tensions between the boys build and build—until they explode.
 

* “A compelling novel about prejudice and the saving power of human dignity."—School Library Journal, starred review 

About The Author

Mildred D. Taylor is the author of nine novels including The Road to MemphisLet the Circle Be UnbrokenThe LandThe Well, and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Her books have won numerous awards, among them a Newbery Medal (for Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry), four Coretta Scott King Awards, and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. Her book The Land was awarded the L.A. Times Book Prize and the PEN Award for Children's Literature. In 2003, Ms. Taylor was named the First Laureate of the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature. Ms. Taylor now devotes her time to her family, writing, and what she terms "the family ranch" in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Shannon

Loved the way this book ended but I have to say that the story caught me off guard. Here's why. I knew it was based back in the early 1900s, but I didn't know it was going to be written the way it was. This author stayed true to the times of racism/prejudice in the way she wrote it. An inappropriate......more

Goodreads review by Octavia

"But don't go destroying God's earth to do it." Such a Marvelous little book. ❤......more