Chapter 13

Chapter 12

Uncle Hammer arrives a few days before Christmas. While Uncle Hammer is there Papa was on another search, so Uncle Hammer prepares the Hoghead Souse. Papa comes back on Christmas Eve. On Christmas they sing Will the Circle Be UnBroken. The song is about family. At church Russell and Mrs. Lee Annie greets Hammer, Cassie notices Son Boy and thinks he looks alone without Don Lee. At dinner Ms Lee Annie says she is going to register to vote, they try to talk her out of it. She wants mama to come with her. Jake comes over with a present for Suzella, Papa refuses to accept the gift. After Christmas day cousin Bud comes to get Suzella. Everyone is sad, even Cassie.
-Kyndra Syms

Chapter 11

Mary Lou Wellever stated that Stacey could be dead and Cassie instantly attached her on school grounds. Miss Crocker breaks up the fight and sends Cassie into a classroom to talk with her cousin Suzella.

Suzella and Cassie venture off into the woods to talk about their personal feelings that they have kept to themselves. Meanwhile, Wordell has killed a cat because he feels it shouldn't live since it took the life of a bird that he cared about. Cassie and her brothers don't favor this act of cruelty from Wordell but they continue to follow him trying to fill in the absence of Stacey. Cassie begins to talk to Wordell telling him some of her deepest thoughts. After Cassie is healed from her sickness she feels more mature and her whole mindset has changed.
-Desiree Mitchell

Chapter 10

When they find out that Stacey had run away,the Logans immedeatly start a search. The first place that they look is the Turner's farm. Only to discover that Moe is missing to. Papa and Uncle Hammer came back to help with the search. Leading to a major strain on Papa and Mama's marriage.

Chapter 9

In this chapter, Stuart thinks Suzella is white and plays along. As a result, Mama and Suzella get int a fight over it. Later, they recieve a letter from Papa telling them that he will be able to get to go to a revival with them. Then the Logan famiy goes to a place to gin the cotton and sell it. After that, Stacey runs away from home to find work to ease the Logan's finacial trouble.

Nicholas

Chapter 8

In this chapter, Suzella arrives, and Cassie becomes jealous. Also when the Turner's cow dies, BIgma decides to loan them a cow. At that same instant, Sheriff Dobbs and Mr. Peck arrive, telling the Turners that they have to plow up a good portion of their cotton. Then, Moe gets into a fight with them and gets in trouble. After that the Logans leave with Moe crying.

Chapter 7

Cassie and papa are sitting on the front porch. hey talk abot the incident with Uncle Hammer and Jermy's picture. Papa tells Cassie that everthing Uncle Hammer says is true, even if he acts a little hard on her. Papa then explains that his grandfather was a white slave owner, the owner of his father mother. He uses this as an example of how white men can act with black women. They take advantage of black women. He then mentions that boys will start courting Cassie very soon, but CVassie inwardly protests. She wants to remain friends with the boys she knows. The conversation turns again to race, and Papa suggest that everyone is of a mixed race in some way. No one can pick who his ancestors are,then he make his wish.



Akasha Davis

Chapter 5

Cassie and Christiphor-John wait for Claude Avery and Cassie remind Christopher-John that TJ's bother cries over his lost brother and never attends school. Stacie takes his siblings to school and while taking them they have to be aware of the white school bus because if it comes they have to hide.Jeremy cathes up to them and they havebt seen him since christmas.Jeremy gives cassie and stacie a picture of his first posed picture.he signs the back of them.He is not going back to school. Dube Cross asks Cassie how her family owns their land. Cassie tells the story of Grandpa Paul Edward. Papa and Mr. Morrison were thinking about selling Dynamite for taxes. Mr. Wheeler and John Moses come and they talk about the union. Mr Wheeler tells papa the union is intergrated. Uncle Hammer comes to see the Logans. Stuart gets angry because Papa tells Jacey to get on home and Uncle Hammer heads straight for him but Papa starts him. Cassie doesn't understand Uncle Hammer's anger. Stacy said white men don't respect black women, they use them.

Chapter 6

Today is Sunday and since Uncle Hammer is in town they used his car to get to church. He began to talk to the congregation and the conversation quickly goes toward his old car. Papa gives Joe a ride in the yellow Ford. Joe says that he likes the ford better than the grey Packard. During church, after her favorite part, Cassie falls asleep. Big Ma quickly awakens her when she notices that she is asleep. Cassie then notices that on the back row there was a stranger. After church Cassie discovers that the "stranger" was Mama's nephew, Cousin Bud. Mama and Bud were talking for hours. Bud tells her that his wife is white. The news angers Uncle Hammer greatly. He calls Cousin Bud a fool and storms out. Bud feels no guilt for marrying a white woman. Cousin Bud wants to leave but Mama asks him not too. He also tells them about their daughter, Suzella. She doesn't make friends easily and she doesn't have any interest in black people. Bud thinks that it would be good for her to stay with the Logan's house for a while and Mama agrees. On their way to school the next day, the kids found Mr. Farnsworth in a ditch next to his car. He was badly beaten. Jeremy helps them rescue him from dying by driving to a nearby road with him and getting someones attention. that person takes him to a hospital. The whole Logan family hope's he doesn't die because he is the only one that can save them from accusations. While Uncle Hammer tries to start a conversation he finds the picture that Jeremy gave to Cassie and throws it in the fire after giving them a lecture about the dangers of being friendly to white people.

Chapter 4

Winter comes and the kids are released early from school; this is so they can work in the fields on their parents farms. TJ tried to make an appeal for his sentence but, it was denied. Moe really wants a better life for himself. Mr. Granger has taken Papa's money for himself. It is possible that Papa isn't going to work on the railroad this year. When Papa goes to the railroad he is gone for 9 months of the year. This is so he can get money for his family. Cassie has a new teacher. While she is at school she gets sent to Mrs. Lee Annie's during lunch to write a letter for her. Cassie describes Wordell as a very quiet person. Some people think he's kind of dumb.

Chapter 3

Cassie and Stacey watch the trial through the window. Mrs. Barnett was the first person to testify about the incedent that accured in her husband's store in Strawberry. She explains what she heard and witnessed, even though she wasn't wearing her glasses. By teh time anyone got there Mr. Barnett was deceased. She was questioned by TJ Avery's attourney. He had a demonstration and he showed it to the jury. It was about the people in question's height. TJ was noticablly shorter than tha Simms brothers. Mrs. Barnett (in my opinion) lied about her opinion on the 3 men's heights. Others people cotinued to be questioned. TJ's testimony was next and he told his side of the story. Then the prosocuter told the jury about a gun found in TJ's mattress that was in Mr. Barnett's store on the night of the murder. The jury went to come up with a verdict and were back within 30 minutes. TJ was found guitly and his friends never saw him again after that. This chapter was a part of the segregation and racism that was presented during the great depression.

Chapter 2

Someone hears that TJ Avery's trial is next month in Strawberry. No one has hope in the jury's decision becuase no one would believe a black man's story over a white man's word. After school all the children go home to tell there parents. Cassie reviels who started the fire on the Logan's farm that interupted TJ's hanging and saved him. Cassie found her mom chopping firewood and thinks back to when mom was a teacher before she got fired for oganizing a boycott. Mama says that TJ will probably get hanged. Stacy wanted to go to the trial but his parents dontwant him to. Mr Jamison knows Papa started the fire on the Logan's farm. Stacy goes tothe trial anyway with Wordell and Joe. Cassie, Little- Man, and Christophor John go along too.

Chapter 1

Cassie, Stacy, Christopher-John, and little man went to the house of Page Ellis and Ms. Lee Anne Lees with Papa. Soon they find out that TJ Avery is in jail for being acused of killing Mr. Barnett while robbing his store. Dube Cross comes and is given all the familys extra milk. The children went and started a game of marbles. Then Papa demanded his children to stop and give there winnings back because he thinks it could lead to gambling. Cassie goes against Papa and plays a secret marble game and she won the blue and green marble. Then papa found out and she got in trouble and had to give it back to little man.