The Friendship

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The Friendship
Author Mildred Taylor
Illustrator Max Ginsburg
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Children's literature, African-American Literature
Publisher hardback, Dial, paperback, Puffin
Publication date 1987-09-30
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 56 pp
ISBN ISBN 0-803-70417-8

The Friendship is the name of the 1988 Coretta Scott King Award-winning[1] book by Mildred Taylor. Published in 1987, it is set in 1933 in Mississippi. It deals with the unfair treatment of African Americans.

Library of Congress summary: "Four children witness a confrontation between an elderly black man and a white storekeeper in rural Mississippi in the 1930s."[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ List of Coretta Scott King Award winners, American Library Association, retrieved 2008-03-20
  2. ^ Library of Congress Subject/Contents for The Friendship, retrieved 2008-03-20
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