Mildred Taylor has written this story about her father, David, living in Mississippi during the Depression. Work was scare there and he hears of a job in Louisiana laying railroad ties. He fares well there sending money home whenever he can. While David is south, Cassie helps her mother and grandmother, Big Ma, out around the house. She has grown very fond of their trees surrounding their house. She plays in them with her friends, they produce berries, they sing to her, they are beautiful to look at, and they are worth a lot of money. Mr. Anderson offers sixty-five dollars to chop down however many he feels sixty-five dollars is worth, trying to take advantage of their land and their family. I did not like this book. I felt while the story somewhat represented a typical African American family, it did not represent economic hardships adequately enough. I feel as though I would put my money towards a better book that serves as a better example of the time.
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